Going supersonic! NASA’s X-59 jet breaks sound barrier for the 1st time
NASA's X-59 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time on Friday (June 5), reaching a top speed of about Mach 1.1.
Astronauts on International Space Station take shelter in SpaceX Dragon as cosmonauts try to fix air leak
ISS astronauts briefly sheltered aboard an attached SpaceX Dragon capsule today (June 5) while cosmonauts tried to fix a persistent leak on the Russian side of the orbiting lab.
$1.77 trillion! SpaceX is about to become the 7th-most valuable American company
SpaceX will sell its shares for $135 apiece during its IPO, yielding a valuation of $1.77 trillion.
NASA’s dead Mars orbiter MAVEN will crash into the Red Planet in the next 100 years. It’s not the only probe in the Mars morgue
NASA just declared its MAVEN Mars orbiter dead after a dozen productive years circling the Red Planet. Here's the fate that awaits the probe.
China launches debut mission of Falcon 9-like rocket with no advance notice (video)
China launched its partially reusable Long March 12B rocket for the first time ever on Monday (June 1), sending it up without issuing airspace closure notices ahead of time.
Unlocking ‘the true space age’: Impulse Space raises $500 million to build out fleet of ultra-mobile spacecraft
Impulse Space — which was founded by Tom Mueller, SpaceX's first-ever employee — just raised $500 million to build out the ultra-mobile spacecraft that it believes will transform the space economy.
China’s Shenzhou 21 astronauts return to Earth after being briefly ‘stranded’, wrapping up record-breaking mission (video)
China's Shenzhou 21 astronauts returned to Earth on Friday (May 29), wrapping up a record-breaking, and very eventful, space mission.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explodes in massive fireball during prelaunch test
Blue Origin's fourth New Glenn rocket exploded during a prelaunch engine test on Thursday night (May 28). It could be a big setback for the company and for NASA's moon ambitions.
NASA is hatching a ‘fast-paced plan’ to boost this space telescope. But first, they’ll have to find it
NASA is working hard to predict where in Earth orbit its Swift space telescope will be this fall, so that a private spacecraft can meet up with the observatory and boost its altitude.
What’s next for SpaceX’s Starship V3 megarocket after its historic debut flight?
SpaceX's "V3" Starship megarocket did pretty well on its debut flight last week. What's next for the powerful next-gen vehicle?