Space Exploration

SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed following a thrilling booster catch back at the pad.

SpaceX launched the seventh test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday.

Blue Origin has launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight. Thursday’s liftoff from Florida carried an experiment meant to orbit thousands of miles above Earth. The test satellite successfully reached orbit 13 minutes into the flight. The 320-foot New Glenn rocket is designed to haul spacecraft and eventually astronauts to orbit and also the moon. Founded 25...

Texas-based rocket builder Firefly Aerospace launched its “Blue Ghost” cargo lander on a SpaceX rocket on Wednesday. Japanese company ispace tagged along, launching a separate mission.

Blue Origin called off the debut launch of its massive new rocket early Monday because of technical trouble.

Two stranded NASA astronauts have followers scratching their heads over a festive new photo that shows the space travelers getting into the holiday spirit.

The planned launch is part of the multi-voyage Artemis program that aims to return astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972.

Residents in the Russian republic of Yakutia were treated to a light show as the asteroid harmlessly burned up.

The Exploration Company announced Monday it has raised $160 million to fuel development of its capsule that is designed to take astronauts and cargo to space stations.

NASA is trying to shut down rumors surrounding the health of two astronauts who have been stuck in space for months.

A Chinese space ship carrying a three-person crew has docked with its orbiting space station as the country seeks to expand its exploration of outer space.

Italian luxury fashion house Prada and space startup company Axiom Space unveiled the designs for a spacesuit that will be worn in the first NASA landing mission to the moon since 1972.

NASA launched a spacecraft to see if one of Jupiter’s moons can sustain life.

SpaceX launched its fifth test flight of its Starship rocket on Sunday.

A new mini-moon — referred to scientifically as 2024 PT5 — is set to make a two-month orbit around the Earth this fall. Here’s what you need to know about the rare occurrence.

Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams discuss watching the Boeing Starliner fly home to Earth without them.

The Polaris Dawn crew floated through the hatch of the SpaceX Dragon capsule Thursday to perform the first ever private spacewalk.

A tech billionaire performed the first private spacewalk hundreds of miles above Earth on Thursday, a high-risk endeavor reserved for professional astronauts — until now. New Jersey-born entrepreneur Jared Isaacman teamed up with SpaceX to test the company’s new spacesuits on his chartered flight. The daring spacewalk also saw SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis going out once Isaacman was safely back…

Four private citizens orbiting Earth in a SpaceX capsule are set to perform the first private spacewalk on Thursday morning.

The stage is set for the first private spacewalk Thursday. Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman will pop out of the hatch of his orbiting SpaceX capsule, two days after blasting off from Florida on a chartered flight that lifted him and his crew higher than anyone since NASA’s moonwalkers.