While there is no immediate danger, this crash highlights that space junk is increasingly expanding out of lower-Earth orbit ...

In March 2025, a missile launched from a test range in the Pacific arced into the upper atmosphere, separated its rocket ...

Hello to Virgin Galactic’s new rocket plane. Virgin Galactic has completed structural assembly of the first Delta-class SpaceShip and moved the vehicle into an adjacent facility in Mesa, Arizona, to ...

U of A graduate Michael Wood served as Boeing's chief engineer for the program, leading the engineering team through design, qualification and build of the core stage. A rocket incorporating that ...

NASA has begun its initial assessments of the Orion spacecraft, SLS rocket and other systems that brought astronauts to the ...

The Artemis II astronauts are back from their historic moon mission. Here's what they're doing, and what's next for NASA.

Rather than slowly condensing over millions of years, the first building blocks of Earth and other planets may have formed ...

Three University of Virginia students hoisted the rocket onto their shoulders and strode toward the launch pad. As the trio passed, onlookers gawked. “Oh my god,” one muttered. A smattering of ...

A hundred years ago, the scientific consensus asserted that space travel wasn’t just difficult — it was physically impossible. The successful return of the Artemis II astronauts has proven, once again ...

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is preparing for the third launch of its New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The upcoming mission, NG-3, will deploy broadband satellites for AST SpaceMobile into ...

Before the Orion spacecraft even launched on Wednesday, NASA’s Artemis II moon mission — the first in 50 years — had already weathered a storm of complex challenges, like hydrogen and helium leaks, a ...

NASA’s Artemis II mission is designed to power a crew of four astronauts out to the moon, zip them around it and safely bring them back to Earth. It is a big test for the National Aeronautics and ...