Rockets have always been a major part of getting people into space, but NASA's space shuttles had very specific missions and ...

NASA has cleared Innovative Space Propulsion Systems (ISPS), a Houston-based partnership developing green rocket engines, to fly a thruster testbed on the International Space Station (ISS) The ...

・Rocket Lab’s Gauss Thrusters are engineered for mass production, with a production line that can already produce over 200 units annually. ・Space companies have been having their moment in the ...

A symbol of Florida's Space Coast, the VAB at Kennedy Space Center has powered moon missions past and present. Here is its ...

The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...

A powerful new electromagnetic thruster has taken a major step forward after a successful high-energy test at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Fueled by lithium vapor and driven by intense magnetic ...

It may not be the 1.21 gigawatts Dr. Emmett Brown needed in the 80s classic "Back to the Future," but it's still a giant leap forward in space thruster power capabilities. NASA is testing a new ...

COLORADO SPRINGS—Rocket Lab on April 14 added a high-performance, Hall-effect satellite thruster to its growing catalog of space technologies and flight services. The company has established a ...

The first human Mars explorers won’t have it easy. Every additional day in deep space will increase their exposure to deadly cosmic radiation, while isolation gnaws at their minds and microgravity ...

First look at the Space Shuttle Endeavor in its new L.A. home ...