Space Exploration

The company’s mission on Tuesday was its first attempt to return to flight since the mid-launch failure of its LV0008 rocket on Feb. 10.

The International Space Station represents a U.S. partnership yet unaffected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

China has had some notable space successes in the past few years including sending an uncrewed mission to Mars and starting construction of its own space station.

It’s shaping up to be a busy week for Hawthorne-based aerospace company SpaceX, which is planning to launch three rockets this week.

Katherine Calvin was appointed NASA’s new Chief Scientist and Senior Climate Advisor on Monday. She wants to improve data accessibility.

NASA’s new space telescope has opened its gold-plated, flower-shaped mirror, the largest and most sensitive ever launched

The James Webb Space Telescope opened its massive gold-plated, flower-shape mirror Saturday, which was the final step before the telescope reaches its destination. Once it’s there astronomers hope to see stars that formed during the Big Bang.

A team of scientists wants Pluto classified as a planet again — along with dozens of similar bodies in the solar system and any found around distant stars.

The Hubble Space Telescope and its upcoming replacement are vastly different

Billionaire Elon Musk warned his employees in a company email that SpaceX faces a “genuine risk of bankruptcy.” It’s not the rocket company’s first time and it might now be the last.

CNBC got an inside look at Firefly to learn how CEO Tom Markusic plans to take on SpaceX.

Astra Space reached orbit for the first time with rocket LV0007 on Saturday.

The mission will be developed with the University of Colorado’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics and is set to be a 3.6-billion-kilometer journey.

A joint European-Japanese spacecraft got its first glimpse of Mercury as it swung by the solar system’s innermost planet while on a mission to deliver two probes into orbit in 2025.

The U.S Federal Court of Claims released a redacted version of the lawsuit filed in August by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin against NASA.

SpaceX is set to make history once again, as Elon Musk’s space company prepares to launch a four-member nonprofessional crew to orbit.

About 2½ minutes after launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Firefly’s rocket began flipping end over end and exploded in the air.

Space infrastructure conglomerate Redwire began trading on the New York Stock Exchange, joining a flurry of space companies closing SPAC mergers.

Space is an area China wants to lead as part of a broader technology battle with the U.S. NASA plans a crewed mission to Mars in the 2030s.

As Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos rocket companies lead a new space race, NASA is working on AI and robotics to farm space plants and feed interplanetary humans.