"The sheer amount of radiated energy from these bursts is so large that you can't power them with a core collapse stellar ...

Each report will include information on small-, medium-, and heavy-lift rockets, as well as a quick look ahead at the next ...

From the tragedy of the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 to the now-routine return of commercial spacecraft, heat shields—formally called thermal protection systems—are critical for protecting ...

From the tragedy of the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 to the now-routine return of commercial spacecraft, heat ...

The U.S. Senate will hold a hearing to consider billionaire tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman's re-nomination for NASA chief on today (Dec. 3), and you can watch the action live. The hearing, before ...

LandSpace, a private Beijing-based space firm, launched its Zhuque-3 rocket into orbit this morning, but failed in its historic attempt to reland the rocket booster. While it’s the first trial of its ...

Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, both Republicans of Texas, want the space shuttle Discovery to be moved to Space Center Houston from its current location at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near ...

NASA’s ambitious VentureStar was built to replace the Space Shuttle with a fully reusable, next-generation spacecraft — but technological failures and political battles brought the program to a halt.

After the Challenger disaster, American companies turned to an unlikely partner to launch their satellites: China. What began as a cost-cutting business decision soon turned into a geopolitical gamble ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 on Nov. 28, 2025, launched the Transporter-15 rideshare mission. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — Varda Space Industries said Nov. 28 that its fifth mission, W-5, reached orbit after a ...

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SpaceX rolled out an upgraded version of its Starship rocket booster in South Texas on Thursday to begin testing, and just a few hours later, something inside it exploded. Unlike the more ...