In July 1969, as Apollo 11 closed in on the Moon, the Soviet N1 moon rocket collapsed back onto its launch pad and unleashed one of history’s most powerful non-nuclear explosions. From declassified ...

In 1969, the Soviet Union’s Saturn V rival exploded at Baikonur in a blast witnesses compared to the end of the world, just days before Apollo 11. But it was only one chapter in a darker story, ...

In 1958, as Cold War tensions shaped decisions in Washington and Moscow, a study quietly examined whether a nuclear device could be exploded on the Mo.

Frequent deployment of satellites and re-entries by the rockets that deploy them might pose a risk to the Earth's upper atmosphere, a study indicates.

Cockeysville native and mission commander Reid Wiseman will lead NASA's Artemis II mission, traveling farther from Earth than humans have ever gone before.

NASA's giant moon rocket is headed back to the hangar for more repairs. The space agency said Sunday it's targeting Tuesday for the four-mile trek, weather permitting.

Isaacman reiterated the need for safety midway through Thursday’s fueling test, as he released a scathing report on Boeing’s Starliner capsule program that left two astronauts stuck for months aboard ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. For nearly 60 years, the first humanmade object to successfully ...

Mankind’s leap back to the moon will have to wait at least a month more after a final Artemis II launch rehearsal revealed critical fuel leaks in the mission’s giant rocket. The Artemis II launch ...

NASA fueled its new moon rocket in one final make-or-break test Monday, with hopes of sending astronauts on a lunar fly-around as soon as this coming weekend. The launch team began loading the ...

China’s space program, striving to land astronauts on the Moon by 2030, carried out a test flight of a new reusable booster and crew capsule late Tuesday (US time), and the results were spectacular.