The Space Shuttle was and forever will be a very special vehicle in the history of space exploration. Over the course of three decades starting in 1981, the small fleet of spaceplanes took to the sky ...
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is ready to fly with its four shuttle-era engines. The rocket, outfitted with the RS-25 engines, recently passed a critical milestone that put the integrated system to ...
European space startup The Exploration Company has closed a record $450 million Series C, backed by Bessemer, Atomico, and the EU Scaleup Europe Fund, to fund its Nyx cargo capsule for a 2028 ISS ...
The reusability of different parts of a space rocket has opened the doors to a literal flood of launches to Earth orbit and beyond. Thanks to the fact that space companies now no longer have to make a ...
The Artemis II mission is set to launch four astronauts atop NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket later today – and while this specific rocket is only flying on its second mission, its core stage ...
NASA is getting ready to launch its massive, fully expendable rocket for the first crewed flight to the Moon since Apollo. The agency’s new era of spaceflight comes with a few parts from its past, ...
An artist’s illustration of Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander, which will carry Tipping Point technology demonstrations funded by NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate, on the Moon. Credit ...
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