Spacelopnik

Building materials take so much work to move around. Why not use what's already there?

A rocket using low-enriched uranium could cut travel time to the Red Planet by a third.

The ambitious plan is the first attempt of a private company to revive expired astronomical tools so far way.

In its pursuit of nuclear-powered space flight, the European Space Agency funded RocketRoll, a company whose full…

“Obviously not a complete success, but still nonetheless successful,” Elon Musk said.

Astronaut training for anyone heading to a space hotel of the future could include lessons on conceiving in space.

After threatening to pull out of the International Space Station following its invasion of Ukraine, Russia has…

After two years of refinement, Virgin Galactic finally took to the skies once again with its VSS Unity spacecraft.

Touchdown is expected for 12:40 p.m. EST this Tuesday

The rocket entered a spin after launch, and detonated before its first stage could separate.

A retired NASA satellite is expected to fall back to Earth around 9:30 p.m. Eastern time tonight, and there’s a slim…

The Juice spacecraft took off this morning onboard an Ariane 5 rocket from the European Space Agency’s launch pad in…

The mission seeks to learn more about Callisto, Europa and Ganymede, icy moons thought to have more water than all…

The agency is using its air and space mandate to help the Earth.

Sending anything to space is expensive. After Virgin's space tourism branch failed to launch, the company laid off…

The Artemis II mission will bring humans back in orbit of the moon for the first time since 1972.

Richard Branson's private space launch venture is laying off 85 percent of its workforce.

The Rolls-Royce of nuclear reactors could be ready to send to the moon by 2029.

A team of scientists has come up with an experiment that transmits information without exchanging particles or…

After its first launch attempt was scrapped, Relativity Space will try and launch its 3D-printed Terran 1 rocket…