Discover Japan's Mach 5 hypersonic engine. We explain the JAXA Kakuda Space Center ramjet test that could make 2-hour flights ...

Somewhere over the Indian Ocean, if everything goes right, two small camera probes will separate from a Starship upper stage ...

For the first time, we have an outsider’s view of what Starship endures on the way home. Two small camera satellites, ...

Happy birthday to Sally Ride (1951-2012) on what would have been her 75th birthday on May 26, 2026. Sally Ride is remembered ...

A wooden satellite sounds like something from a children’s book. But Japan has already sent one into orbit for a very serious reason. Space is getting crowded, more satellites are being launched, and ...

China successfully launched another spacecraft Sunday that is set to carry three astronauts to its space station. One crew ...

The most powerful rocket in history just roared off its launch pad in a spectacular show of power and technology. SpaceX ...

Despite some hiccups, the first flight of Starship V3 was an overall success, and the rocket's heat shield certainly exceeded ...

Varda Space Industries, a California-based startup working on the futuristic orbital economy, successfully completed ...

The 12th test flight of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket came to a dramatic close, with the spacecraft managing to complete a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean despite operating without one of its ...

It's getting crowded up there. Over the past few years, the advent of SpaceX's Starlink and other players in the ...