From the tragedy of the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 to the now-routine return of commercial spacecraft, heat shields—formally called thermal protection systems—are critical for protecting ...

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 ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Kennedy Space Center on Monday evening after a previous weather delay. Heavy cloud cover obscured the view of the launch for many spectators in the surrounding ...

The Space Coast's record rocket train of 2025 kept rolling with the first launch of December on Dec. 1. A SpaceX Falcon 9 with 29 of the company's Starlink satellites lifted off from Kennedy Space ...

After nearly a decade of development, Russia’s newest launch vehicle is close to its debut flight. The medium-lift Soyuz 5 rocket is expected to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome before the end of ...

The company that pioneered small launch has had a big year. Rocket Lab broke its annual launch record with the Electron booster—17 successful missions this year, and counting—and is close to bringing ...

Blue Origin successfully launched its massive New Glenn rocket on Thursday following days of delays, with the spacecraft carrying NASA’s twin satellites bound for Mars. Thursday’s mission marked the ...

Blue Origin Thursday launched its massive New Glenn rocket from Florida’s Cape Canaveral, carrying small twin spacecraft toward Mars as part of NASA’s Escapade mission. It was Blue Origin’s first NASA ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Blue Origin launched its huge New Glenn rocket Thursday with a pair of NASA spacecraft destined for Mars. It was only the second flight of the rocket that Jeff Bezos’ company ...

New Glenn, the towering rocket built by Jeff Bezos's space company Blue Origin, is set to take off on its second mission Sunday as competition intensifies with Elon Musk's SpaceX. The 322-foot ...

A swirl of light seen in the sky early Tuesday evening was described by some as a “space jellyfish.” But it wasn't a UFO It was exhaust from a rocket. The slow-moving pinwheel-shaped light was seen ...

A “world’s first study” has demonstrated that bacterial spores can withstand the extreme forces associated with a space launch. Researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne have proved the resilience ...