On October 3, 1967, U.S. Air Force pilot William “Pete” Knight flew the X-15A-2 to 4,520 miles per hour — Mach 6.7 — setting ...

Now that the top three area teams have all beaten each other, the fight for the No. 1 spot has become much more balanced.

The U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville announced that retired NASA Apollo engineer Craig Sumner has died. The veteran ...

The Falcon 9's upper stage will hit the Moon at seven times the speed of sound. Details here.

From the first photographer star to the discovery of alien worlds, these night sky targets mark some of astronomy's greatest ...

SpaceX's 400-foot Starship rocket has marked three years since its explosive debut. Up next? Debuting the version that could ...

New record set for safe booster landings. On Tuesday, SpaceX launched another routine Falcon 9 mission from Vandenberg Space ...

Huntsville played a key role in 1960s space exploration by building rockets for NASA missions—and today, it's back in the spotlight with the success of Artemis II. During the "space race" in the years ...

An independent astronomer predicts a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket's upper stage will crash into the moon on Aug. 5, 2026, after orbiting Earth for a year.

Inside mission control during the dramatic rescue of Apollo 13. On April 17, 1970, the command module for the Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down into the Pacific Ocean near the Samoan Islands with ...

Russia launched its Soyuz 5 medium-lift rocket for the first time ever on Thursday (April 30), and things apparently went ...