The first private spacecraft mission to Venus will combat the planet's hellish conditions with the aid of a novel woven heat shield called "HEEET." Engineers at NASA's Ames Research Center in ...

A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft successfully docked with the ISS, allowing for the anticipated rescue of NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore after an unexpected nine-month stay.

Astronomy contributor and lunar expert Robert Reeves looks back on a Texas-sized achievement in Moon exploration.

This mission is targeting a 14-day stay, and will fly up with one of the SpaceX Crew Dragons. The launch date is dependent on spacecraft ... SpaceX Falcon 9 on the Galileo L12 mission carrying ...

The rocket flurry began at 7:03 p.m. EDT (2303 GMT) on Friday (March 14), when a Falcon 9 launched the Crew-10 astronaut mission toward the International Space Station from NASA's Kennedy Space ...

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 7:03pm ET (11:03pm GMT) on Friday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying four astronauts who will replace Wilmore and Williams. The pair ...

And on Sunday, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked at the orbiting complex at 12:04 a.m. ET, while the station was roughly 260 miles over the Atlantic Ocean. At 1:35 a.m. ET, the hatch opened ...

And on Sunday, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the orbiting complex at 12:04 a.m. ET, while the station was roughly 260 miles over the Atlantic Ocean. At 1:35 am ET, the hatch opened and ...

This shield is vital for surviving Venus’ harsh atmospheric entry. It will protect the spacecraft from temperatures reaching 4,500 degrees Fahrenheit (2482 degrees Celsius) as it plunges through ...

And on Sunday, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the orbiting complex at 12:04 a.m. ET, while the station was roughly 260 miles over the Atlantic Ocean. Read more: NASA Crew-10 Astronauts ...