It has been two weeks since SpaceX's last Starship test flight, and engineers have diagnosed issues with its heat shield, identified improvements, and developed a preliminary plan for the next time ...

It has been two weeks since SpaceX’s last Starship test flight, and engineers have diagnosed issues with its heat shield, identified improvements, and developed a preliminary plan for the next time ...

See NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) in this flight test animation. it will be "demonstrating a cross-cutting aeroshell -- a type of heat shield -- for ...

One of the new test objectives for next month's Starship flight will be a "dynamic banking maneuver" during the final phase ...

Sept. 9 (UPI) --NASA invited the public on Tuesday to grab a boarding pass and be a part of the space agency's test flight of its Artemis II mission set to launch four astronauts into orbit next year.

For decades, engineers designing space structures have been constrained by the rocket fairing: Only hardware that can be folded up to fit inside can go to orbit. This makes in-space assembly time ...

NASA will return to the EAA AirVenture convention in Oshkosh next year after missing this year's event. The space agency's absence was because of uncertainties surrounding the federal budget. Despite ...

NASA’s Artemis program has hit a critical snag - over 100 unexpected cracks have been discovered in the Orion capsule’s heat shield following the uncrewed Artemis I mission. The damage, far worse than ...

Before they head to the moon in 2026, the four Artemis 2 astronauts have to practice observing Earth's nearest neighbor. NASA's Artemis program aims to return humans to the moon, laying the groundwork ...