SpaceX’s Starship—the most powerful rocket ever built—experienced a “rapid unscheduled disassembly” in its otherwise successful second full-scale launch, triggering a federal investigation into what went wrong
OSIRIS-REx’s treasure trove from asteroid Bennu includes material rich in water and carbon
A new view of a record-shattering distant star shows it to be twice as hot as our sun and likely accompanied by a stellar companion
The ambitious Jupiter moon mission JUICE has begun its long journey to the Jovian system
The “absolutely monstrous” cosmic blast is estimated to be a one-in-10,000-year event
The Orion spacecraft passed just 130 kilometers above the lunar surface during a mission-critical engine burn
NASA’s EMIT instrument has found more than 50 methane super emitters in its first few months of operation—and that’s not even its main job
Technical glitches and questionable weather forecasts continue to delay liftoff for NASA’s landmark lunar mission
The spacecraft will arrive in lunar orbit in mid-November to help prepare for a future moon-orbiting outpost
Ground stations are currently tracking 16 fragments associated with the event, which occurred on April 15
The aircraft’s sorties are helping NASA’s Perseverance rover scout a path into an ancient Martian river delta
Proxima d might be only a quarter the mass of Earth, potentially making it one of the smallest worlds yet discovered beyond our solar system
The space agency has announced the timing of the ISS’s demise as part of a long-planned transition to private orbital outposts
The rover’s latest sample collection—an effort to gather material for eventual return to Earth—is off to a rocky start
The space agency’s first-ever robotic moon rover will touch down in late 2023 just west of Nobile, a crater near the lunar south pole
The billionaire and three others take a suborbital trip onboard the craft New Shepard
After nearly twenty years pursuing a lifelong dream of spaceflight, the world’s wealthiest person is at last ready for lift off
The nation’s first crewed liftoff in nearly five years is the third of 11 planned launches to complete the station’s construction
The spacecraft captured the first close-up views of the solar system’s largest moon in more than 20 years
Debris from the 20-metric-ton booster reportedly splashed down in the Indian Ocean north of the Maldives
After multiple explosive endings to previous high-altitude tests, a prototype rocket for voyages to the Moon and Mars finally touched down safely
The rotorcraft set performance records in its latest test, flying a total distance of 100 meters
The technique could someday help astronauts sustainably live and work on the Red Planet
The interplanetary aircraft will launch no earlier than next week because of glitches in its flight-control software