The SpaceLoft-XL 18 rocket launches at Spaceport America. Photo Courtesy LANL LANL NEWS RELEASE Los Alamos National ...

On the eve of the first crewed flight of the Artemis program, NASA’s top leadership has zeroed in on a single, unforgiving ...

WASHINGTON, DC—This week, NASA’s new administrator, Jared Isaacman, said he has “full confidence” in the space agency’s plans ...

NASA is getting ready to send astronauts around the moon for the first time in more than half a century—and then pull off the ...

Smoke billowing off NASA’s heat shield material during a recent test at Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — For decades, Sandia National ...

Less than a year after announcing major delays for the next two Artemis moon missions, NASA managers said Thursday the projected flight dates are slipping once again, with the first piloted voyage ...

In an exclusive interview with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, he laid out the safety considerations of the mission.

SpaceX bypassed a second attempt to catch a returning Super Heavy booster in its launch gantry, but demonstrated for the first time reignition of a Starship Raptor engine during the program’s sixth ...

Outpost says its vehicles will be able to return up to 10 tons of material from space. Credit: Outpost Technologies Outpost Technologies has been awarded a $1.8 million contract from SpaceWERX to ...

Key Upgrades Debuted On SpaceX Starship 7. Flight 7 brought a bunch of new stuff to the Starship vehicle, things SpaceX has ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — From the tragedy of the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 to the now-routine return of commercial spacecraft, heat shields — formally called thermal protection systems — are ...

If there is a major redesign of the heat shield, I think that you'll probably see it fly uncrewed. I don't see how NASA can, without being able to replicate entry conditions in their ground testing, ...