In 2008, NASA's Phoenix spacecraft made a smooth landing on Mars, completing a nine-month, 422 million-mile journey, setting ...

A Japanese commercial spacecraft has sent home another close-up image of the moon, its intended landing destination in a ...

"Hello from lunar orbit!" the company said in a post on X.

A sonic boom caused by a SpaceX cargo vessel rattled Los Angeles late Saturday evening. Residents across the region reported a loud boom and rattling sensation around 10:45 p.m. The boom appears to be ...

Did a loud boom startle you or your neighbors’ dogs on Saturday night in Southern California? If so, you’re not alone. SpaceX announced that its spacecraft, Dragon, reentered Earth’s atmosphere ...

Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 reentered Earth's atomosphere Saturday morning after 53 years in orbit during a failed attempt ...

NASA engineers have miraculously revived the Voyager 1 interstellar probe's backup thrusters — components that hadn't been ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus a half century ago is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth within ...

Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions ...

An aerospace engineer explains why NASA, Space Force and other agencies are using or testing aerobraking for more ...

An aerospace engineer explains why NASA, Space Force and other agencies are using or testing aerobraking for more ...