Rocket Lab had its most successful year to date in 2025, with its Electron rocket completing 21 successful flights and the ...

While 2025 saw a record number of launches —including crewed exploration, science missions, and even an historic first ...

The Space Launch System rocket's RS-25 engine was fired up for the “final round of certification testing ahead of production ...

The NASA Artemis II mission, set to lift off as soon as February, will mark the first time astronauts have aimed to venture ...

The Artemis II mission, which could launch as early as February, is expected to send four astronauts on a trip to the moon, ...

New Glenn is vertical on the pad and its engines are hot. The second-ever liftoff of Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket is approaching as the launch vehicle undergoes final checkouts at Launch ...

Such "countdown demonstration tests" have traditionally taken place shortly before launch with the rocket and crew ship ...

Artemis II will mark humanity's first crewed journey beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972. The approximately 10-day ...

NASA is edging toward a milestone it has not attempted in more than half a century: sending astronauts around the moon on a dedicated test flight that could lift off in 2026. If hardware, schedules, ...

NASA's first Mars launch in more than five years will wait a little longer to get off the ground. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

The same historic facilities that some 50 years ago prepared NASA's twin Voyager probes for their ongoing interstellar odyssey are helping to ready a towering commercial spacecraft for a journey to ...

A major step toward launch day is complete as NASA's Artemis II astronauts ran through a countdown demonstration test.