On November 2, 1947, Howard Hughes flew the H-4 Hercules-known as the "Spruce Goose"-for the first and only time. Built ...

Other satellite technologies have also revolutionised daily life. Weather satellites have made forecasts more accurate, while ...

Jim Lovell: after circling the Moon 10 times in Apollo 8 he named twin peaks ‘Mount Marilyn’ after his photogenic wife - NASA Archive/Alamy Jim Lovell, the astronaut, who has died aged 97, was ...

On its surface, the flight plan for SpaceX’s next Starship flight looks a lot like the last one. The rocket’s Super Heavy booster will again splash down in the Gulf of Mexico just offshore from SpaceX ...

Oct. 8 (UPI) --Space tourism company Blue Origin launched six people in Texas on its 15th mission in the growing orbital tourism industry. Blue Origin's mission NS-36, space flight saw liftoff at 8:40 ...

SpaceX has notched a number of important milestones in the past week or so. For example, one recent mission launched the ...