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A European reentry capsule notched some important milestones on its first-ever spaceflight last week — and took some photos to commemorate the trip. Phoenix 1, a prototype spacecraft built by

It was about one in the morning, four hours after an explosion tore through the Apollo 13 spacecraft on its way to the moon, when Ed Smylie realized they had

The sixth-ever launch of Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket is officially a failure. The two-stage, 96.7-foot-tall (29.6 meters) Alpha lifted off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base this morning (April 29),

The next private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is just a month away. Houston-based company Axiom Space announced on Tuesday (April 29) that it’s targeting May 29

The past day has been a whirlwind for space fans. Six different rockets launched toward orbit in a dizzying stretch of 18 hours, topping by two the previous record for

The iconic Whirlpool galaxy Messier 51 is pictured along with the smaller galaxy NGC 5195 at the top of the image. (Image credit: Dr. Michele Hernandez Bayliss) Vermont-based astrophotographer Michele

Billionaire philanthropist and private astronaut Jared Isaacman is headed back to Washington D.C. as the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation votes to advance his confirmation as NASA Administrator.

At NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, the liquid hydrogen tank for the Artemis 3 Space Launch System rocket was moved into the factory’s final assembly area on April

Alien: Earth | Official Teaser – Crate | FX – YouTube Watch On Saturday was 4-26, also officially known as Alien Day. It’s a blood-red spot on the calendar each

The U.S. Army launched an undisclosed hypersonic missile from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force station last week, just days after naming its new hypersonic weapon the “Dark Eagle.” Dark Eagle