In the aftermath of Challenger, NASA explored Shuttle C, an uncrewed heavy lift vehicle built from existing shuttle hardware to launch massive payloads and deep space missions. Promising on paper but ...

Liftoff occurred at 5:52 a.m. ET on Wednesday (March 4), about an hour before sunrise, resulting in the spectacular sky show.

Time-lapse of Space Shuttle Endeavour stacked with an external tank and pair of solid rocket boosters for a exhibit at the California Science Center. Credit: California Science Center | time-lapse by ...

In late 2017, president Donald Trump signed the Space Policy Directive 1, a major policy shift to return the United States to the surface of the Moon. The signing took place on the 45th anniversary of ...

Two SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets carrying Starlink satellites were launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on March 13 and 14, 2026.

NASA on Thursday released the results of its investigation into Boeing’s bungled 2024 flight to the International Space Station, which stranded two astronauts there for months. The findings were ...

It was business as usual for SpaceX, which sent up a rocket from the Space Coast on Thursday night, but the first stage took a turn for a rare landing off the Bahamas. A Falcon 9 on the Starlink 10-36 ...

NASA is shaking up its Artemis program in a big way. The space agency held a press conference on Friday to discuss the continued delays of the Artemis II mission and address various changes to the ...

On Thursday NASA leadership outlined how 2024’s glitch-plagued Boeing Starliner mission jeopardized astronaut welfare and the space agency’s culture of safety and accountability “Starliner has design ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This collection contains 17 digital images showing the disintegration of the Space Shuttle Columbia upon its reentry on February 1, 2003. These ...

At a time when the entire American space industry is preparing for the launch of the first crewed mission to the Moon under the Artemis program, NASA found it fit to release the report of findings of ...

NASA has updated its Artemis program, adding a new mission before the next lunar landing attempt. The first crewed moon landing in over 50 years is now targeted for 2028 as part of the Artemis 4 ...