Lunar exploration will surge in 2026 as NASA, China, and private companies race to land spacecraft and robots on the moon ...

Which US rocket companies achieved the most during 2025? Once again, Ars Technica is here to provide some answers in the form ...

The United States is preparing to send astronauts around the Moon for the first time in more than half a century, riding a ...

"How do you get to Mars when the launch vehicle is not necessarily going to Mars?" ...

Starship's seventh test ended in failure less than 10 minutes after leaving its Texas launchpad. The 400-foot spacecraft ...

Elon Musk ended 2025 with a long list of extra-hyped public promises that did not happen... yet again. As usual, these ...

The Space Coast had a record number of rocket launches this year, exceeding 100 orbital missions and shattering previous ...

Mercury Redstone 1 was meant to prove America could reliably launch a human rated capsule, but the rocket lifted just four inches and left a fully fueled vehicle sitting dangerously armed on the pad.

Fittingly, the first launch of the year will be SpaceX. The Falcon 9 is set to take off no earlier than the first hours of Sunday, Jan. 4. SpaceX has stated the launch window runs from midnight until ...

The NASA Artemis II mission, set to lift off as soon as February, will mark the first time astronauts have aimed to venture beyond near-Earth orbit since 1972.

The creator of the futuristic Orion capsule, the only spacecraft capable of speeding aeronauts to the Moon, is set to begin ...

In theory, leaner NASA oversight, greater use of off‑the‑shelf hardware and narrower science goals can cut costs while ...