Engineers need good data to build lasting things. Even the designers of the Great Pyramids knew the limestone they used to ...

Humanity has sent into space everything from lightsabers and Tesla Roadsters to golden records and entire digital genetic ...

Laika was the first dog in the space but it took her life. Learn more about this heart-breaking story of animal testing.

SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, is a leading private spaceflight company and a key partner for NASA. The company is currently privately held, but recent reports suggest it may go public with an IPO in ...

SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Southern California after midnight on Wednesday, Dec. 10. The mission will deploy 27 Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit from the ...

China continues to make big advances in the final frontier. The nation just launched three Long March rockets in less than 19 hours, setting a new national mark for liftoff cadence. In addition, the ...

Has the Rocket Lab (RKLB 0.75%) rally already begun? Two weeks ago, I made the bold prediction that, after Rocket Lab stock lost 38% of its value in just 30 trading days, much of the risk had been ...

First the penny. Next, paper checks? When the US Mint stopped making pennies last month for the first time in 238 years, it drew a lot of attention. But there have been quiet moves to stop using paper ...

MSU PHOTO ID: Mississippi State mechanical engineering senior Cooper Shanks, left, watches as 6-year-old Christopher Best shows off his custom “Christopher VI” rocket, built for him by MSU’s Space ...

Following the success of New Glenn’s second test flight, Blue Origin announced a super-heavy variant of its rocket that could compete with SpaceX’s Starship. Jeff Bezos’ rocket company unveiled the ...

SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket today from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This mission, known as Transporter-15, is a rideshare flight carrying small satellites for ...