While America may lead the space race in both total annual launches and Moon missions, the Middle Kingdom just narrowed the gap considerably.
Read MoreEver have one of those days when you're invaded by strange metallic objects from beyond our planet?
Read MoreDuring a news conference on last week, NASA announced that the agency is "thinking very hard right now" about sending the unsung hero to the Moon
Read MoreIn what must be the greatest scientific paper of all time, Maximilien Berthet and Kojiro Suzuki attacked the problem with the most serious faces imaginable.
Read MoreIf a spacecraft became a threat unintentionally or otherwise, how fast could the Space Force do something about it? Pretty fast, at least by space rocket terms.
Read MoreNASA needed somewhere to keep its rockets for the missions to the moon decades ago. But that location is still being used for its intended purpose today.
Read MoreAstronomers truly live in a bold new era, where ground-breaking camera technology could change the way we understand the universe.
Read MoreHuman colonization may still be a way off, but NASA has been exploring Mars with a series of ever-larger mobile science labs. Some are still going.
Read MoreThe station is an elderly thing, and it needs to be put out to pasture soon.
Read MoreGPS is a pretty critical infrastructure system. Air travel, electricity grids and even cellular communications rely on GPS to some degree.
Read MoreEver wonder why rockets don’t shoot straight up into space? Discover the fascinating physics behind curved rocket launch trajectories and gravity turns.
Read MoreIf there is a custody battle to be had, the Smithsonian has it locked down.
Read MoreIn an interview with CNBC, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said that it would "take some serious time" to repair the damage at Launch Complex 36..."
Read MoreAs you may have heard, rocket science is complicated.
Read MoreWhat does a research telescope in Hawaii have in common with the dog-friendly car brand? The answer lies in an ancient, globe-spanning myth.
Read MoreThe full extent of the damage is yet to be determined, but the Space Force says it will not delay upcoming flights by other companies on nearby launch pads.
Read MoreThe return to the Moon isn't just a far-fetched fantasy anymore, but a tangible near future.
Read MoreA booming industry is proving that private enterprise can make serious strides in space, and JPL is looking to find cheaper ways to do what it's always done.
Read MoreNASA is working on a lithium-plasma electric thruster that uses roughly 90% less fuel than chemical rockets. Can this new technology help us colonize Mars?
Read MoreStarlink has been in a closed beta of this system with other operators, and now, it's opening up to any other operator who wants it, for free. Well, "free."
Read MoreThe components used to launch the Artemis II astronauts into space are truly massive. Here's how NASA moves those parts around the country.
Read MoreSpaceX likely will quietly settle it for non-trivial (though not mind-blowing) sum and then just keep on doing what it's doing: going fast and breaking stuff.
Read MoreThis one telescope is enabling us to deduce not just the chemical and mineral compositions of distant worlds, but their terrain and features as well.
Read MoreIt's a brave new world for spread science.
Read MoreOne can only hope that he will build a giant toll barrier in the sky, at which the rocket will have to stop and deposit some change before heading to the stars.
Read MoreThe upper stage of a rocket used to launch a lunar lander mission now heading towards the moon, and it's going to crash there at 5,400 miles per hour.
Read MoreMeta has partnered with Overview Energy, with the claim that 1 GW of energy could be sent to existing solar farms on earth by 2030, even when it's dark out.
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