The latest test of a next-generation rocket booster for NASA’s Artemis moon program ended with a violent structural failure, abruptly cutting short what was supposed to be a carefully choreographed demonstration of future launch hardware.

NASA is backing a radically different way to reach space, one that swaps towering rockets for a ground-based launcher that whips payloads to orbital speeds before they ever see a drop of fuel. The concept, often described as a giant space catapult, is ...

NASA has completed over 100 cold-flow tests of a full-scale nuclear rocket reactor prototype, demonstrating stable hydrogen flow and control.

NASA's Space Shuttle Program, which ran from 1981 to 2011, was a complex and ambitious project that pushed the boundaries of space exploration, but was marred by two tragic accidents during the shuttle era.

In the days ahead, NASA could roll out the SLS rocket that will propel four astronauts on a journey around the moon. Here's the latest on Artemis 2.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's giant new moon rocket moved to the launch pad Saturday in preparation for astronauts' first lunar fly-around in more than half a century. The out-and-back trip could blast off as early as February. The 322-foot rocket began ...

When it was first detailed back in 2019, Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket was hailed as the most capable of its kind available at the time. Since then, the rapid evolution of the space exploration industry kind of toned down that bold claim, but a series of ...