Voyager 1 will be one light-day, 16 billion miles, from us next year
It takes a beam of light a single day to travel 16.1 billion miles, a distance known as…
Boeing’s troubled astronaut capsule will carry only cargo on next flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Boeing and NASA have agreed to keep astronauts off the company’s next Starliner…
How a long-life nuclear fuel will transform space travel
In 1977, two spacecraft, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, launched toward the unknown. Nearly fifty years later, they…
Is there a rocket launch today? Watch SpaceX liftoff in California
SpaceX has been contracted to launch the Sentinel-6B satellite into orbit on a civil mission to observe sea…
China’s stranded astronauts to return from space station
BEIJING (AP) — A three-person crew stranded at China’s space station after their spacecraft was apparently hit by…
NASA takes one step closer to launching quiet supersonic jets
A supersonic jet plane designed to make very little noise took flight for the first time this week,…
International Space Station marks quarter-century of people living in orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It’s an unprecedented space streak: 25 years of people living off-planet without even…
NASA’s X-59 supersonic jet takes quiet flight over California desert
A supersonic jet plane designed to make very little noise took flight for the first time this week,…
US firm’s space armor provides hypersonic shielding for spacecraft
As the amount of orbital debris continues to rise, a US materials manufacturer has unveiled a new shielding…
Japan successfully launches new cargo spacecraft to deliver supplies to ISS
TOKYO — Japan’s space agency successfully launched Sunday its most powerful flagship H3 rocket, carrying a newly developed…
Japan’s H3 rocket successfully launches, carrying new cargo spacecraft to ISS
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s space agency successfully launched Sunday its most powerful flagship H3 rocket, carrying a newly…
SpaceX successfully completes latest Starship test flight
SpaceX launched another of its mammoth Starship rockets on a test flight Monday, successfully making it halfway around…