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

The US Space Force's secretive X-37B spacecraft has returned to Earth ... demonstrated its ability to change orbits by using atmospheric drag to slow down. This method of trajectory-change ...

Intuitive Machines' second Moon mission ended in disappointment Friday after its spacecraft tipped over and was left unable to recharge its solar-powered batteries, mirroring the US company's ...

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March 7 (UPI) --NASA on Friday rolled out the new Artemis II Orion spacecraft and twin Space Launch System solid rocket boosters that will carry astronauts in the first crewed Artemis mission ...

SpaceX caught the first-stage booster back at the pad with giant mechanical arms, but engines on the spacecraft on top started shutting down as it streaked eastward for what was supposed to be a ...

Advertisement The spacecraft, constructed by the private Texas-based Intuitive Machines company, is the second such device to land on the moon this week. The Blue Ghost lander, developed by ...

Goodbye to what we knew about the universe: a new black hole is discovered that could upset the origin of the Big Bang The X-37B spacecraft is a mission unknown to the general public, but thanks ...

SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft, the upper portion of the most powerful launch system ever made, exploded during its eighth test flight — marking the second failure for the vehicle in just six weeks.

A private spacecraft that landed lopsided on the Moon does not have enough power to complete its mission, says the company Intuitive Machines. Athena touched down on the lunar South Pole shortly ...

Space Force officials said the mission successfully demonstrated the ability to change orbits by using atmospheric drag to slow down, saving fuel. It's "an exciting new chapter in the X-37B ...

The U.S. Space Force's robotic space plane X-37B returned to Earth has returned to Earth after spending more than 434 days in orbit on a classified mission. This was the seventh mission for the X ...