It's been a "sub-nominal" few days in the spaceflight realm. President Trump launched the Artemis program to return U.S. astronauts to the moon for the first time since Apollo. Now, the plan could be ...

Launch vehicles -- The missiles -- The first space launcher -- Thor -- Atlas -- The Titans -- NASA's Delta -- The Shuttle -- Commercial satellites -- A final Delta ...

After spectacular back-to-back upper stage failures in January and March, SpaceX launched another Super Heavy-Starship rocket Tuesday on the program's ninth test flight, but ran into fresh problems ...

With the likes of SpaceX rattling off rocket launches seemingly every other day, you could be forgiven for thinking that sending massive vehicles to space had become as easy as baking a cake. But as ...

Six years ago, a rare Russian abort during an astronaut launch caused delays in human spacecraft schedules. This week, NASA may face the same after a rare failure during a SpaceX launch. Back in 2018, ...

One of the biggest advantages private companies have over government programs is their appetite for risk, says SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell. “When you’re using taxpayer direct dollars to ...

It's been a "sub-nominal" few days in the spaceflight realm. What connects these recent failures is that the spacecraft involved were developed by commercial companies, not NASA, as they seek to carve ...

What connects these recent failures is that the spacecraft involved were developed by commercial companies, not NASA, as they seek to carve out a niche in the increasingly competitive world of ...