Watch how the Space Launch System rocket RS-25 undergoes a core stage engine test-fire. Credit: NASA's Stennis Space Center ...

For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy ...

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 ...

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.

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Cape Canaveral:Is there a launch today? Upcoming SpaceX, Blue Origin ...

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 ...

NASA wants to go to Mars again -- and this time, bring back rocks. With a plan that America's premier space agency describes as its "most ambitious, multi-mission campaign," it intends to send a ...

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 ...

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.

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.