It's a first-of-its-kind mission that must work or a $500 million NASA space telescope is going to crash into Earth.

In 2026, a first-of-its-kind spacecraft—launched on a rocket dropped out of a plane—will attempt to save NASA’s Swift ...

At least one space launch has been put on hold, as satellite operators and rocket companies manage the effects of the current geomagnetic storm hitting Earth.

The possibility of asteroids colliding with Earth has long captured both scientific and public imagination, inspiring everything from blockbuster movies to billion-dollar space missions. Now, fresh ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A massive fireball and explosion erupted Thursday at SpaceX's main launch pad, destroying a rocket as well as a satellite that Facebook was counting on to spread internet ...

If the mission is successful, it will show NASA a vital new capacity in addition to prolonging the life of an extremely ...

NASA has contracted Arizona-based startup, Katalyst Space Technologies, to save the descending Swift Observatory from an uncontrolled re-entry by 2026.

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Two years after a launch explosion, the space company Orbital ATK is returning to Virginia to send a load of supplies to the International Space Station. A planned nighttime launch ...

NASA's Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) mission will study "magnetic reconnection and its effects in Earth's atmosphere," according to the Goddard Space ...

The telescope's outer barrel and solar panels were subjected to a powerful acoustic blast reaching 138 decibels, louder than ...