Space Exploration

The devout SpaceX fan in your life might be calling off work on Monday.

Rocket Lab launched a radar satellite for the Japanese company Synspective's Strix imaging constellation from New Zealand on Friday night (Sept. 25).

Freezing drops of water accelerating through space could hold the truth about life beyond Earth.

On Sept. 25, 2008, China's space program launched its third human spaceflight mission, Shenzhou 7, which included the country's first spacewalk. Here's why it mattered.

A prototype satellite that will test hardware for Google's planned Project Suncatcher AI constellation will launch aboard a SpaceX rocket next week, if all goes to plan.

SpaceX completed a wet dress rehearsal with its Starship megarocket today (Sept. 24), keeping the vehicle on track for a Sept. 28 launch of its first-ever orbital flight.

High definition, slow-motion views of NASA's Artemis II launch last April have been released to the public, showcasing dozens of angles of the Space Launch System rocket lifting off the pad.

On Sept. 24, 2014, India's first interplanetary mission entered into orbit around Mars in a stunning feat of space engineering. Here's why it mattered.

SpaceX has assembled the giant Starship on the launch pad at its Starbase, Texas, facility, and is progressing toward the rocket’s first launch to orbit.

On Sept. 23, 1962, "The Jetsons" first debuted on ABC to bring a vision of family life in the future to TV screens around the world. Here's why it mattered.