Find out how NASA is preparing for important technologies and instruments for upcoming Moon and space exploration missions.

In a first, the Jeff Bezos-led spaceflight company simulated lunar gravity on a suborbital rocket to test various science ...

Photo: Eric Gay/Associated Press An uncrewed vehicle operated by SpaceX exploded during a test flight on Thursday, temporarily disrupting air travel as pieces of it streaked across the sky.

Launch of Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital rocket system on Feb. 4, 2025. During the flight test, the capsule at the top ...

than other launch vehicles and can support long-duration missions to the Moon and potentially Mars. Additionally, the company says the launch system will eventually be capable of carrying up to 100 ...

Stratolaunch is also on contract to support the Multi-Service ... reaching near-hypersonic speeds. The vehicle was slated for a second test flight last year — with a goal of meeting or ...

SpaceX's latest flight test of its colossal Starship vehicle turned out to be an explosive one – literally. While the launch ended with one major accomplishment – the second-ever successful ...

were removed to see how vulnerable areas of the vehicle affect the flight. New metallic tiles with special cooling technology have been added to the heat shield to test their capabilities as well.

The vehicle lifted off from SpaceX’s Starbase ... "Teams will continue to review data from today's flight test to better understand root cause. With a test like this, success comes from what ...