FAIRBANKS, Alaska – This week, NASA aims to fire off rockets into the night sky over Alaska in an attempt to better understand polar auroras – more commonly known as the Northern Lights.

The right solid rocket booster separated from ... The final chapter of NASA’s shuttle program unfolded in 2011, with Atlantis launching on STS-135 on July 8. The mission carried four astronauts ...

Two NASA rocket missions are taking to the Alaskan skies in hopes of discovering why some auroras flicker, others pulsate, and still others are riddled with holes. Understanding these peculiar ...

NASA plans to fly two rockets through active auroras and study the unique ribbons of light that dance across the Alaskan night sky. NASA plans to fly two rockets through active auroras to help ...

Credit: Christopher Perry/NASA/Tribune News Service via Getty Images NASA plans to fly two rockets through active auroras to help study the unique ribbons of light that dance across the Alaskan ...

which would carry them to orbit and rendezvous with yet another rocket for return to Earth, where yet another lander would return the samples to NASA and the European Space Agency for study.

In what appears to be a jab at NASA, Rocket Lab this week unveiled its own plan to return rock and dust samples the space agency has been collecting from Mars’ Jezero Crater since 2021.

would easily surpass last year's annual record of 93 orbital rocket liftoffs. Will the 2025 launch total set another new record? Stay tuned. Crews at NASA's Kennedy Space Center and neighboring Cape ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander launched at 1:11 a.m. Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the SpaceX rocket before separating an hour later. The lunar lander ...

The Neutron rocket carries payloads of up to 13,000 kg to low Earth orbit and is intended to support CubeSats and Class D payloads. This capability puts Neutron in a strong position as a strategic ...