Space Exploration

A SpaceX Starship megarocket exploded during a test flight Thursday near Brownsville, Texas.

SpaceX launched a mammoth Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost contact minutes into the test flight as the spacecraft came tumbling down.

In a press conference on Tuesday, Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spoke about their nine months aboard the International Space Station in advance of their return home.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have to wait until their replacements arrive at the International Space Station next week before they can check out.

Last-minute problems have delayed the latest launch of SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship.

Texas-based firefly’s private lunar lander has touched down on the moon, delivering a drill and other experiments for NASA.

A privately built spacecraft has successfully landed on the moon, a feat that only one other company has accomplished in spaceflight history, NBC News reported.

SpaceX has attained authorization from regulators to fly its massive Starship rocket once again, the FAA announced on Friday.

The celebrities join three other women as the crew of the upcoming Blue Origin journey, which is set to launch this spring.

A new study in Nature Communications shows that the so-called Red Planet’s color comes from a water-rich mineral called ferrihydrite.

This will be the second lunar mission for a private company that made history a year ago by becoming the first to successfully land on the moon’s surface.

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stuck on the International Space Station since June, will come home sooner than anticipated.

A private U.S. spacecraft bound for the moon has captured stunning images of Earth one week into its flight.

The SpaceX Starship experienced “a rapid unscheduled disassembly” during its seventh test flight on Thursday. NBC 5’s Allie Spillyards reports on the launch that was part of a series of tests for missions to the moon and beyond.

SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed following a thrilling booster catch back at the pad.

SpaceX launched the seventh test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday.

Blue Origin has launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight. Thursday’s liftoff from Florida carried an experiment meant to orbit thousands of miles above Earth. The test satellite successfully reached orbit 13 minutes into the flight. The 320-foot New Glenn rocket is designed to haul spacecraft and eventually astronauts to orbit and also the moon. Founded 25...

Texas-based rocket builder Firefly Aerospace launched its “Blue Ghost” cargo lander on a SpaceX rocket on Wednesday. Japanese company ispace tagged along, launching a separate mission.

Blue Origin called off the debut launch of its massive new rocket early Monday because of technical trouble.

Two stranded NASA astronauts have followers scratching their heads over a festive new photo that shows the space travelers getting into the holiday spirit.