Angry Astronaut and Nextbigfuture commenter are making the case that SpaceX and Elon Musk must switch to nuclear thermal rockets to colonize Mars. I will ...

A Houston-based company is attempting to break past Mach 5 — and it's broadening its scope beyond just commercial flights, ...

The rocket company’s effort to demonstrate payload deployment, land its upper stage and potentially achieve spaceship-to-spaceship fuel transfer this year had an inauspicious start when the Starship ...

Landing and reusing boosters are critical to reducing costs in the commercial space industry, a feat pioneered by SpaceX’s ...

Blue Origin has shared a video recap of last week's maiden launch of the New Glenn, including dramatic close-up footage of the rocket leaving the launchpad.

Just a few days after its seventh launch, SpaceX is now facing an investigation mandated by the Federal Aviation Administration. LabPadre gave ValleyCentral a ...

General Atomic's new nuclear fuel was subjected to the maximum heat of a reactor for 20 minutes in the latest tests.

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has successfully tested the nuclear fuel that may one day propel and power the spacecraft of the future. The trials verify that the fuel can survive ...

Defense company Anduril Industries will invest nearly $1 billion in its new 5-million-square foot “hyperscale” military Ohio ...

Elon Musk’s company said Starship ultimately broke apart, calling it a “rapid unscheduled disassembly.” The spacecraft’s six ...

The Federal Aviation Administration has paused SpaceX's the launch of its Starship rocket as the U.S. agency oversees an ...

While Jeff Bezos has spent $14 billion to achieve his first space launch, his billionaire rival has built a thriving business, mostly with other people’s money.