NASA has selected Relativity Space to fly a dedicated planetary-science mission to Mars, the first time a privately developed rocket has been assigned to carry a full NASA science payload rather than ...

NASA has selected Rocket Lab to launch two scientific missions aimed at improving understanding of the Sun’s energy and Earth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you're going to send a crew of astronauts about 250,000 miles away, you're gonna need a big rocket to get them off the ground ...

NASA on Thursday began returning its towering SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft to its Florida launch pad ahead of a planned flyby of the moon, after completing necessary repairs. Artemis engineers ...

Mars exploration is heating up. NASA eyes sample returns and crewed landings by the 2030s, but its current relay satellites — some decades past design life — struggle with data traffic from rovers, ...

NASA joined in the semiquincentennial celebrations this year by painting "America 250" on the rocket that launched the ...

A New Glenn rocket stands ready at the launchpad in April 2026, a month before disaster would strike. AP Photo/John Raoux During an evening test fire on May 28, 2026, a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket ...

The four-person crew has entered quarantine to avoid illness ahead of the historic lunar mission. Artemis 2 is a 10-day journey around the moon, marking the first U.S. human lunar mission in five ...