A new version of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft was apparently destroyed during its first flight launch of 2025 that blasted off from south Texas on Thursday afternoon. "Starship experienced a rapid ...

Japan’s space agency announced Nov. 25 that data ... general as falsifying and rewriting data,” said Hiroshi Sasaki, a JAXA vice president who heads the Human Spaceflight Technology ...

SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, catching the booster back at the pad but losing contact with the ascending spacecraft as engines went out. Officials for ...

BepiColombo, the current spacecraft studying Mercury, is a joint mission of the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Launched October 20, 2018, it’s actually two ...

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink craft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base today, at 9:07 a.m. EST (1407 GMT; 6:07 a.m. local time). The Falcon 9's first stage booster returned to ...

Debris streaks across the skies after SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft was destroyed minutes after liftoff. Photo: Eric Gay/Associated Press An uncrewed vehicle operated by SpaceX exploded during a ...

Around seven minutes later, the ESA/JAXA spacecraft flew over the tiny planet's north pole. — Robert Lea Wednesday, January 8, 2025: California, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private U.S. spacecraft bound for the moon has captured stunning images of Earth one week into its flight. Still circling Earth, Firefly Aerospace’s lunar lander ...

SpaceX is scheduled to bring home two astronauts who have been on the International Space Station since June. Mr. Musk said President Trump had asked for that to occur “as soon as possible.” ...

SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed following a thrilling booster catch back at the pad. Elon Musk’s company said Starship ...