The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...

SpaceX has delivered a new animated look at the launch of Starship to Mars. See the launch, Super Heavy booster re-entry and ...

Perhaps an odd question, but what exactly is the volume of space that makes up various "L" points? Obviously it isn't a precise place in space where only one orbital object sits as if on a gravity ...

From the first satellite in orbit, to the first human in space, to the first steps on the moon, the United States government has always framed space exploration as a race. As U.S.-China space ...

For the first time in more than five years, humanity has launched a mission to Mars — but it won't be arriving at the Red Planet anytime soon. NASA's twin ESCAPADE probes launched Thursday (Nov. 13) ...

Twin spacecraft are set to take off on an unprecedented, winding journey to Mars, where they will investigate why the barren red planet began to lose its atmosphere billions of years ago. Called ...

Blue Origin, the rocket company founded by Amazon multibillionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its towering New Glenn rocket on a mission that marked its first major test. Carrying a pair of satellites that ...

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket launches on NASA's Escapade mission, which is carrying two satellites to orbit Mars, from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. - Joe Skipper/Reuters Blue ...

I wish New Glen a good launch (and good landing) and I wish the folks over at NASA/ESCAPADE team also the best of luck. That said, it's also hard to read "modest budget" or things like "only" when ...