One just launched the world’s biggest rocket, with mixed success. The other makes small model rockets for hobbyists, and it’s ...

A later model of the Robonaut was flown to the International Space Station on the space shuttle Discovery in 2011, where it helped with maintenance and assembly. "If we need to change a component ...

Meanwhile, NASA's upcoming Space Launch System (SLS), which will launch astronauts to the moon no earlier than 2026, reaches ...

If you're remembering back to NASA's legacy Space Shuttle, which launched from 1981 ... of this possible future when Blue Origin tested a model first stage at Port Canaveral back in August − ...

Consider the just announced, somewhat unlikely, but innovative-sounding partnership between SpaceX, Palantir and OpenAI which hopes to bid for lucrative government space contracts, changing the ...

Here are some key events to look forward to in space and astronomy in the year ahead. By Michael Roston and Katrina Miller Our species called this latest 366-day journey around the sun “2024 ...

Every year, we get to experience not only the wonders of the sky, but also missions to space that expand our knowledge of our universe. This year, we were treated with a total solar eclipse ...

India launched its first space docking mission on Monday, on an Indian-made rocket, in an attempt to become the fourth country to achieve the advanced technological feat. The mission, called Space ...

A caravan transports a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket first stage past the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in January 2024. (Richard Tribou/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service ...

As the year comes to an end, it is evident that as impressive as it was, this was a year in space exploration which is set to be outdone. However, the upcoming year has many ground-breaking ...

From 2005 until 2011, a Space Shuttle would have to perform a backflip, called the R-bar Pitch Manoeuvre or Rendezvous Pitch Manoeuvre (RPM), to allow the crew aboard the International Space ...