It looked more like a satellite television dish than a weapon. But the antenna could fire enough electromagnetic energy to fry the satellite 22,000 miles away. That was not the plan for tonight’s ...

Space startup Max Space unveiled plans for an inflatable space station that can expand to a whopping 12,300 cubic feet.

What happens when you use a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus supply ship? A record-setting resupply mission to the International Space Station. The first flight of Northrop’s ...

The Orion spacecraft flying humanity's next crewed mission to the moon has completed propellant loading and is headed to the next phase of launch preparations. Teams at NASA's Kennedy Space Center ...

Commander Tom Stafford and pilot Gene Cernan preparing to board Gemini 9 shortly before launch Commander Tom Stafford and pilot Gene Cernan preparing to board Gemini 9 shortly before launchNASA Editor ...

A group of private astronauts are journeying home through outer space after spending a little more than two weeks at the International Space Station. The four-person crew of a venture known as Axiom ...

On Sept. 26, 1983, a Russian Soyuz rocket exploded on the launchpad. Two cosmonauts were inside the spacecraft, and they barely made it out alive. About 90 seconds before the rocket was supposed to ...

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NASA scientists are warning that the Sun’s internal engine is behaving in ways they have not seen in years, pointing to an ...

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