The U.S. military's mini space shuttle has returned to Earth after ... long with a wingspan of almost 15 feet (4.5 meters). They take off vertically like rockets but land horizontally like planes ...

Crew Dragon begins its journey atop a Falcon Nine launch vehicle; the two stages of separation occur within minutes of lift off, leaving the capsule ... In partnership with Space Adventures, SpaceX ...

U.S. astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore's next mission will be readjusting to the Earth's environment once they return Tuesday evening after being stranded at the International Space ...

Stuck in space no more, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, hitching a different ...

Dream Chaser is a modern take on the legendary Space Shuttle, built for safer ... Contact With Starship Spacecraft Shortly After Lift-Off ...

The Queens Public Library will be taking guests to infinity and beyond with the launch of its inaugural Space Month series of programs designed to spark curiosity in space exploration ...

An uncrewed test rocket has fallen to the ground and exploded just seconds after it took off in Norway. German startup Isar Aerospace said this was an initial test as part of a project aimed at ...

Such motions could easily crack the tiles or shake them off. To keep them in place ... that after landing, the tiles take hours to cool. On parts of the shuttle’s upper fuselage, which are ...

Launching a rocket into space is a bit like jumping off a moving merry-go-round. You wait until you see the exit coming around, factor in the time it’ll take you to coil up and launch yourself ...