Space Exploration/Travel

Some of the efforts go beyond contributing humanitarian assistance or extending financial support to aid groups, with broader moves that could complicate companies’ relationships with Russia or risk reputational damage should the endeavors…

SpaceX has been preparing a site in Boca Chica, Texas, located near the state’s southern tip, to conduct test flights for the Starship rocket system—the 230-foot-tall Super Heavy booster that would blast the Starship spacecraft into orbit…

Elon Musk said his space company’s enormous rocket should soon be able to reach orbits at significantly lower costs.Starship should be able to reach orbits for less than $10 million a flight within two to…

Elon Musk said his space company’s enormous rocket should soon be able to reach orbits at significantly lower costs.Starship should be able to reach orbits for less than $10 million a flight within two to…

SYDNEY—SpaceX, the space-exploration company founded by Elon Musk, is seeking to establish a communications bridge to Tonga after last month’s volcanic eruption and tsunami largely cut the Pacific nation off from the…

As the armada of satellites circling Earth grows, a new study shows that astronomy images are being marred by streaks of reflected sunlight left by the fast-moving objects. For the study, published Jan. 14 in the Astrophysical Journal…

A parachute on a SpaceX cargo vehicle didn’t open as quickly as expected as the spacecraft descended from orbit last month, the second mission in a row for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in which…

A’ MHOINE, Scotland—Dorothy Pritchard and her neighbors hadn’t always planned to host a spaceport.The retired schoolteacher lives along the coast of A’ Mhoine peninsula, an area of wind-scoured peat lands known as the Flow Country, at the…

SpaceX wants to use its Starship rocket for the kind of voyages to Mars and beyond that Elon Musk has long dreamed of pursuing.It also forms an important foundation of the future business strategy at his space…

Move over, Hubble. On Friday, NASA will launch the largest and most powerful space telescope ever built.…