A team of engineers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed ways to rapidly evaluate new thermal protection materials ...

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 critical for protecting ...

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket sent 27 Amazon Leo internet satellites to low Earth orbit from Florida early Tuesday morning (Dec. 16).

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China just launched three Long March rockets in less than 19 hours, setting a new national mark for liftoff cadence.

A partially successful test of China’s Zhuque-3 rocket shows that other countries are rapidly catching up with the U.S in the ...

In theory, leaner NASA oversight, greater use of off‑the‑shelf hardware and narrower science goals can cut costs while ...

Inside the STEM Zone at St. Francis Catholic High School, through trial and error, iteration and adaptation – with equal ...

NASA’s ESCAPADE mission launches two small spacecraft to Mars to study magnetic fields, solar wind and the risks and limits of lower-cost space science.

Di’er-5 space experimental spacecraft, developed by private firm AZ Space Technologies Photo: Courtesy of AZ Space ...

Rocket Lab shares are shrugging off a minor mission delay as investors focus on bullish analyst revisions and critical ...