Spacecraft

The answer lies in overcoming known and yet-to-be discovered hurdles—it'll be a wild ride

The planet-hunting telescope has resumed communication with Earth and may be able to start science research again soon

Funded by Russian entrepreneur Yuri Milner and with the blessing of Stephen Hawking, Breakthrough Starshot aims to send probes to Alpha Centauri in a generation

In Abandoned in Place photographer Roland Miller takes readers on a tour of the right stuff turned to relics

Jeff Bezos's private spaceflight company sticks another vertical landing in unmanned test

Recommendations from Scientific American

In 2018 the Space Launch System will carry 13 shoebox-size CubeSats into deep space

The space agency has embarked on a long and arduous process to select a new grand space observatory that will meet the needs of astronomers in the mid-2030s

Future of the major astronomy probe remains unclear as pieces of space debris are reported

NASA’s New Horizons mission has delivered a treasure trove of data from the dwarf planet

The co-founder of SpaceIL, a contender for the Google Lunar XPRIZE, discusses his plans to reach the moon

NASA wants the rocket engine to help launch astronauts on the agency's first crewed mission beyond Earth’s orbit since the last of the Apollo moon missions