Forty years ago, the first space shuttle mission dedicated to the Department of Defense soared into space. On Wednesday, ...

When Kelly Estes was younger, she dreamed of being an artist. Growing up in a small town in Nebraska, Estes was always drawing, but she wasn’t encouraged to pursue it as a career. “That’s ...

The Houston Rockets have surged to a 27-13 start to the 2024-25 NBA season after years of rebuilding. For many seasons following 2020, Houston was focused on drafting and developing, showing ...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX suspects a fire is to blame for his 400-foot-tall Starship imploding in space after launching from Texas — sending trails of flaming debris raining down near the Caribbean.

One just launched the world’s biggest rocket, with mixed success. The other makes small model rockets for hobbyists, and it's stockpiling supplies ahead of Trump's tariffs.

This story was updated to add a video. A SpaceX Starship rocket broke up during a test flight of the megarocket's capabilities Thursday. Two extended "chopsticks" successfully caught the Super ...

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 ...

SpaceX launched the seventh test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost communication with the upper stage of the rocket that continues on into space. The company’s webcast showed data ...

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 ...

The Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin sent its massive new rocket into space Thursday — and carried a prototype satellite into orbit thousands of miles above the Earth’s surface. The seven-engine ...

At its base are 33 Raptor engines, which together produce 16.7 million pounds of thrust — about double the 8.8 million pounds of thrust of NASA's Space Launch System rocket, which launched for ...