Space

SpaceX launched a prototype of its Mars rocketship hundreds of feet into the air, then landed it upright in a successful test flight.

Virgin Galactic unveiled the design for an upcoming high-speed aircraft this week that may be able to fly from New York to London in about 90 minutes.

Virgin Galactic released its earnings Monday, just a few hours after unveiling a new ship that the company called a “new frontier in high speed travel.”

Virgin Galactic says this is what a “new frontier in high speed travel” looks like. 

Two NASA astronauts returned to Earth on Sunday in a dramatic, retro-style splashdown, their capsule parachuting into the Gulf of Mexico to close out an unprecedented test flight by Elon Musk's SpaceX company.

Two NASA astronauts returned to Earth on Sunday in a dramatic, retro-style splashdown, their capsule parachuting into the Gulf of Mexico to close out an unprecedented test flight by Elon Musk's SpaceX company.

The company received government approval to put more than 3,200 satellites into orbit with the goal of beaming internet service to Earth.

The Space Foundation released its Space Report on Thursday, which found the space economy grew by $9 billion in 2018, a 2.2 percent increase.

NASA’s Perseverance rode a mighty Atlas V rocket into a clear morning sky in the world’s third and final Mars launch of the summer.

This unprecedented effort will involve multiple launches and spacecraft — and cost more than $8 billion

Virgin Galactic showed off the interiors of its passenger spaceflight vehicle the VSS Unity.

The astronauts will stay onboard the space station for approximately six months.

Photographers who set out to capture the Neowise comet were frustrated after satellites disrupted their photos. 

Its symbol is a stylized Greek delta sign based on the seal used by U.S. Air Force Space Command.

Astronauts squeezed in one last spacewalk Tuesday before turning their attention to the all-important end to SpaceX's first crew flight.

NASA's Bob Behnken and Chris Cassidy ventured out on their third spacewalk over the past few weeks.

Michael Colglazier will become CEO of the Mojave, California-based space travel company and join the Virgin Galactic board of directors as of July 20.

SpaceX is headquartered in Hawthorne, Calif.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk mocked short sellers and the Securities and Exchange Commission in a series of tweets Thursday following a surge in the automaker's stock. 

For every two outdated batteries coming out, a new and improved one goes in to supply power to the space station on the night side of Earth.