The space agency aims to send four astronauts around the moon early next year—and bring them safely home through intense heat ...

The test ran for almost 8 minutes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A powerful rocket engine for moon missions just fired up for ...

The NASA Artemis II mission, set to lift off as soon as February, will mark the first time astronauts have aimed to venture beyond near-Earth orbit since 1972.

Just before the holidays, NASA researchers conducted a crash test of an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. More than 200 channels of data gathered will aid researchers in ...

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

NASA’s Space Launch System appears to have a finite shelf life. The Trump administration wants to cancel it after just three launches, while the preliminary text of a bill making its way through ...

NASA engineers have hot-fired the redesigned Artemis moon rocket in preparation for future Space Launch System (SLS) flights that will take humanity back to the moon and beyond. The test of the RS-25 ...

NASA conducts an RS-25 hot fire on the Fred Haise Test Stand at Stennis Space Center in south Mississippi on Dec. 14. Credits: NASA/SSC NASA conducted the first test of the newly redesigned RS-25 ...

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. — NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi conducted a successful test firing Wednesday of the liquid-fuel AJ26 engine that will power the first stage of Orbital ...

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The developers of a next-generation NASA spacesuit recently reached a key design milestone, the space agency reported on Monday. Collins Aerospace is building the new suit for spacewalks outside the ...

NASA managers are in South Texas this weekend as SpaceX prepares to launch its second full-sized Starship rocket. If the rocket flies perfectly, it will unlock additional tests beginning as soon as ...