Fast forward to the present day. The Space Launch System has flown only once, during the Artemis I mission, and is preparing ...

The two biggest commercial space companies are stepping up.

China's reusable Shenlong space plane launched on its fourth space mission earlier this month. What is it doing in Earth ...

Understanding shuttle launch mechanics ...

SpaceX received federal environmental approval for Starship launches from Kennedy Space Center, paving the way for up to 1 ...

In 1985, Ellison Onizuka became the first Hawaii-born astronaut to fly into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. Onizuka ...

SpaceX padded the record for its most-flown rocket booster late Saturday with its 33rd trip to space. A Falcon 9 flying 28 Starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space ...

Astroscale is building a refueling vehicle, partially funded by the Space Force, and preparing for its first mission in geostationary orbit. The spacecraft, called Provisioner, will attempt hydrazine ...

On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff, killing the seven crew members on board The space shuttle disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of ...

The STS-51L mission clears the tower at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 28, 1986. Credit: NASA / Courtesy Sign up for the Concord Monitor’s morning newsletter for ...

Kandice Seiberling and future NASA astronaut Judy Resnik were great childhood friends during the 1950s at Fairlawn Elementary School in Akron, Ohio — they rode bikes and skated together, and ...

Forty years ago today, Americans were stunned, shocked and saddened when the Challenger space shuttle exploded 73 seconds after liftoff on a cold, cloudless day in Florida. A booster leak ignited the ...