Northrop Grumman test-fired a solid rocket motor called SMASH!22 Dec. 4 as part of its SMART Demo development program. Credit: Northrop Grumman WASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman tested a solid rocket ...

NASA is betting big on nuclear propulsion — and it might be the key to reaching Mars faster than ever before. In this episode, we explore the tech behind NASA's nuclear rocket project, how it works, ...

Readers Edition. This is the (nearly) annual tradition of you, RPS readers, telling us where we went wrong in our annual ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Rocket Lab is getting ready to take a bigger bite out of the space launch market. The company ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) --The United States has entered a consequential new era of competition with China in space -- one that lawmakers said will shape global power, economic security and military ...

Liftoff occurred at 5:18 p.m. EST on Tuesday (Dec. 2). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Twenty-nine newly-launched Starlink ...

Weather permitting, SpaceX Falcon 9 may be visible in the sky beyond Cape Canaveral, Florida, after liftoff. Early morning and nighttime launches can offer unique photo opportunities as the rocket ...

A Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Site 31 pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan recently, carrying Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikayev, and NASA astronaut Christopher ...

A Long March 5 lifts off from Wenchang spaceport, Oct. 23, carrying the TJS-20 satellite into orbit. Credit: Ourspace HELSINKI — China is building towards a debut Long March 10 rocket launch in what ...

Launch recap: Live updates from the Starlink 6-92 mission, which launched 5:26 p.m. Dec. 8 from Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Original story: After rain showers and isolated thunderstorms ...

There’s a race in China among several companies vying to become the next to launch and land an orbital-class rocket, and the starting gun could go off as soon as tonight. LandSpace, one of several ...