Spacecraft

Far from pioneering wide access to orbit, privately funded spaceflight is geared to perpetuate inequities in space and on Earth

The space agency’s first-ever robotic moon rover will touch down in late 2023 just west of Nobile, a crater near the lunar south pole

Before it can study the first stars and galaxies, the observatory must endure a sea voyage, a rocket launch and an all-or-nothing deployment sequence in deep space

The crew’s splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean marks the historic mission’s end

The platform could aid climate science, space junk cleanup and planetary exploration

The crew will spend the next few days in space before returning to Earth in the fully autonomous Dragon module

The three-day orbital voyage of the all-civilian crew will be a historic milestone for human spaceflight

The mission is living up to its name, drilling and storing a Martian rock after a misstep in August

A proposal plans to study how to build a giant spacecraft

Economic inequality, an indulgent trip to space and an ongoing legal battle with NASA are putting the space company in the hot seat

A battle for the future of American stargazing is about to begin—and the stakes are sky high

Using data from the OSIRIS-REx mission, scientists calculated slightly increased (but still low) odds the space rock will collide with our planet in the 2100s