Angry Astronaut and Nextbigfuture commenter are making the case that SpaceX and Elon Musk must switch to nuclear thermal rockets to colonize Mars. I will ...
Landing and reusing boosters are critical to reducing costs in the commercial space industry, a feat pioneered by SpaceX’s ...
Blue Origin has shared a video recap of last week's maiden launch of the New Glenn, including dramatic close-up footage of the rocket leaving the launchpad.
General Atomic's new nuclear fuel was subjected to the maximum heat of a reactor for 20 minutes in the latest tests.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has successfully tested the nuclear fuel that may one day propel and power the spacecraft of the future. The trials verify that the fuel can survive ...
Friday's hot fire test involved fueling and briefly firing the New Glenn's seven engines. It was one of the key last steps before the giant rocket launches for the first time. When is the next ...
Defense company Anduril Industries will invest nearly $1 billion in its new 5-million-square foot “hyperscale” military Ohio ...
Elon Musk’s company said Starship ultimately broke apart, calling it a “rapid unscheduled disassembly.” The spacecraft’s six ...
The Federal Aviation Administration has paused SpaceX's the launch of its Starship rocket as the U.S. agency oversees an ...
While Jeff Bezos has spent $14 billion to achieve his first space launch, his billionaire rival has built a thriving business, mostly with other people’s money.
Footage of the incident, captured by a family vacationing in the Turks and Caicos, showed the wreckage leaving behind what ...
A fire in the aft section of SpaceX's Starship trigged the apparent explosion that destroyed the spacecraft, the company says.