ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — From the tragedy of the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 to the now-routine return of commercial spacecraft, heat shields — formally called thermal protection systems — are ...

(This story has been updated with the latest target launch time information.) United Launch Alliance crews are now targeting 7 p.m. EDT Wednesday, April 9, to launch an Atlas V rocket carrying ...

NASA and the University of Colorado Boulder will launch a 60-foot rocket out of New Mexico on Friday, which, once launched, will reach the speed of sound within seconds and complete its scientific ...

Amazon is preparing to launch its debut batch of satellites into orbit as it seeks to establish its own internet service for customers worldwide. Project Kuiper, a subsidiary of billionaire Jeff Bezos ...

The students traipsed down into the depths of the quarry on a frigid night in February 2020 to fire their liquid-fuelled rocket engine. It was an ambitious goal, less generously characterized as ...

Scrub recap: Scroll down to review live updates from the Wednesday, April 9, weather-postponed liftoff attempt of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral on the inaugural Amazon ...