An anomaly caused ESA's Proba-3 to ghost ground control, but now the spacecraft has finally made contact.
The Starship rocket could take on a central role in the Artemis missions, propelling astronauts to lunar orbit and landing them on the surface.
TransAstra has developed a plan to bag an asteroid and move it to a stable near-Earth orbit for processing.
Out of the 6,000 known exoplanets, it's these rocky worlds that are most worthy of attention in the search for life beyond our planet.
It now appears Starship Version 3 is on track for an inaugural launch in April.
C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) was on its way out of the solar system when it did the fateful thing that many comets do.
NASA is under enormous pressure to return astronauts to the Moon before China achieves its first crewed landing, but experts question whether the Artemis program can overcome delays, technical hurdles, and budget constraints.
After making its debut last year, X-59 is preparing to soar over California for its second flight.
Blue Origin unveiled a planetary defense concept to protect Earth from incoming asteroids.
Each of these aerospace firms has a unique vision for the future of humanity's presence in low-Earth orbit.