This was Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity's last flight. Six passengers and crew flew to an altitude of 54.4 miles (87.5 km).

Hubble Space Telescope imagery of Saturn, captured from 2018-2024, has been time-lapsed. Footage courtesy: NASA, ESA, Amy ...

UPDATE for 8:55 p.m. EDT: SpaceX successfully launches Starship Flight 10 - SpaceX's Starship Flight 10 test flight lifted off on time at 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT) and performed a fairly smooth ...

University at Albany chemists have created a new high-energy compound that could revolutionize rocket fuel and make space flights more efficient. Upon ignition, the compound releases more energy ...

SpaceX's Starship completed its tenth test flight, achieving key milestones including payload deployment and engine relight in space. The test flight intentionally stressed the spacecraft to gather ...

SpaceX called off the planned 10th test flight of its Starship megarocket for the second day in a row on Monday (Aug. 25), this time because Mother Nature wouldn't cooperate. SpaceX originally aimed ...

The Italian Space Agency (ASI) signed an agreement with SpaceX to fly several science payloads on an upcoming Starship mission or missions to Mars. Despite setbacks during Starship flight tests ...

The 33 engines powered up and SpaceX’s massive Starship crept slowly skyward -- kicking off its tenth test flight out of Texas. Previous flights did not go as hoped, but this time was different. The ...

SpaceX’s third shot at Starship's 10th test flight Tuesday succeeded after poor weather conditions forced the company to halt liftoff from its South Texas site Monday. Starship made it to space, ...

SpaceX on Tuesday was once again gearing up for the latest launch of its Starship megarocket after two successive postponements. The tenth test flight comes after a string of explosive failures that ...

SpaceX canceled the second scheduled 10th launch of the Starship with 40 seconds left on the countdown. The rescheduling of Monday evening was "due to weather," the company said on X. Monday's launch ...

The tilt is mainly engineered for space savings, allowing for maximum fuselage volume while still accommodating the retractable landing gears.