Ever since the first Star Trek movie, millions have imagined themselves aboard a spaceship, floating among stars, navigating black holes, or setting foot on distant planets. Films like Interstellar, ...
The space industry is rapidly commercializing, exemplified by Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander, which achieved historic success by delivering scientific payloads and invaluable data from the moon ...
The Artemis program has been plagued by delays and technical issues on the ground. But Artemis 2 has already shown that when the crewed Orion craft is in space, in the hands of a skilled pilot, it ...
Boeing's autonomous and reusable X-37B spaceplane has launched on its eighth mission (OTV-8) for the U.S. Space Force, just six months after completing its previous record-setting flight. The X-37B's ...
Blue Ring will carry Scout Space's Owl sensor on its inaugural operational flight. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Blue Origin ...
When the Artemis 2 astronauts launch to the moon next year, they will be accompanied by one of 25 plush toys just named a finalist in a NASA contest. The space agency and Freelancer, a crowdsourcing ...
Anna Lee Fisher decided that she wanted to be an astronaut on May 5, 1961. On that day, Alan Shepard became the first American to reach space during a 15-minute flight that took him 116 miles above ...
A new U.S. competition lets teams fly payloads on a reusable spaceplane, offering rapid access to microgravity and changing ...