Spacecraft

Two new missions are revealing how robotic repair and assembly could become routine on the final frontier

This new cache of material includes footage of a U.S. military plane’s infrared display recorded during an exercise over the Gulf of Oman in 2021

After 49 years in space, NASA’s Voyagers are running low on power—but an audacious move should extend the tenures of the two spacecraft

Folding a piece of paper makes it thicker. How many folds would it take to reach the moon—and beyond?

Astronomers’ simulations predict what this lunar impact—and its aftermath—will look like

Space agencies around the globe are coordinating missions to visit the asteroid Apophis during a close encounter with Earth in 2029

A private spacecraft launched to boost the decaying orbit of NASA’s Swift Observatory is now suffering from potentially mission-ending malfunctions

In searches for past and present Martian life, some scientists say we’ve been too cautious to see what’s right in front of us

Starship demonstrated key abilities on its path to becoming a fully reusable transport to take astronauts to the moon

The Psyche spacecraft flew by Mars earlier this year on its way to a metal-rich asteroid, capturing the images along the way

Astronomers have a plan to observe an errant piece of a SpaceX rocket as it hits the moon to better understand impact events

SpaceX’s first attempt to launch the company’s Starship megarocket on the vehicle’s 13th flight test ended before it could properly begin, aborting just before liftoff