In 2008, NASA's Phoenix spacecraft made a smooth landing on Mars, completing a nine-month, 422 million-mile journey, setting ...

A Japanese commercial spacecraft has sent home another close-up image of the moon, its intended landing destination in a ...

After undocking, Dragon maneuvered to a safe distance away from the space station and began a series of deorbit burns to ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus a half century ago is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth within ...

NASA engineers have miraculously revived the Voyager 1 interstellar probe's backup thrusters — components that hadn't been ...

Did a loud boom startle you or your neighbors’ dogs on Saturday night in Southern California? If so, you’re not alone. SpaceX announced that its spacecraft, Dragon, reentered Earth’s atmosphere ...

A sonic boom caused by a SpaceX cargo vessel rattled Los Angeles late Saturday evening. Residents across the region reported a loud boom and rattling sensation around 10:45 p.m. The boom appears to be ...

In a matter of days, SpaceX could launch massive Starship once again. What happened on previous 8 flight tests? What is the viral chopsticks maneuver?

NASA engineers have revived old thrusters on Voyager 1 to prevent a clog from endangering the mission during a planned ...

Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions ...

"Hello from lunar orbit!" the company said in a post on X.

An aerospace engineer explains why NASA, Space Force and other agencies are using or testing aerobraking for more ...