While the space race of the 1960s was a contest between two rival superpowers, today it is being fought by private space ...

When the plasma inside a fusion system starts to misbehave, it needs to be quickly cooled to prevent damage to the device.

Next week, Space X is launching a four-day mission to polar orbit in a SpaceX Dragon capsule that could unlock a new area in space for future spaceflights. X/@SpaceX Four space explorers will ...

Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too, a new study finds. Part of the greenhouse effect that warms the ...

SpaceX launched a stack of Starlink internet satellites to orbit from California and returned the booster to Earth Friday afternoon (March 26). The Falcon 9 rocket flying the mission, Starlink 11 ...

A secretive Space Force ship has returned to earth after spending 434 days in orbit conducting mysterious tests. The Boeing-made X-37B vessel was quietly launched by SpaceX in 2023 from NASA’s ...

The Falcon 9's upper stage, meanwhile, continued its ascent to orbit, where it deployed the 21 Starlink satellites about 65 minutes after liftoff as planned. The new batch of Starlinks adds to ...

This mission utilized a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket to go a farther distance into pace and put itself in a “highly elliptical” orbit. In October, the spacecraft carried out new and innovative ...