The space agency aims to send four astronauts around the moon early next year—and bring them safely home through intense heat ...

The NASA Artemis II mission, set to lift off as soon as February, will mark the first time astronauts have aimed to venture beyond near-Earth orbit since 1972.

Long, narrow wings are intended to reduce fuel consumption and increase comfort in aircraft. However, wing flutter must be ...

Just before the holidays, NASA researchers conducted a crash test of an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. More than 200 channels of data gathered will aid researchers in ...

Such "countdown demonstration tests" have traditionally taken place shortly before launch with the rocket and crew ship ...

NASA’s Space Launch System appears to have a finite shelf life. The Trump administration wants to cancel it after just three launches, while the preliminary text of a bill making its way through ...

NASA engineers have hot-fired the redesigned Artemis moon rocket in preparation for future Space Launch System (SLS) flights that will take humanity back to the moon and beyond. The test of the RS-25 ...

A major step toward launch day is complete as NASA's Artemis II astronauts ran through a countdown demonstration test.

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BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. — NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi conducted a successful test firing Wednesday of the liquid-fuel AJ26 engine that will power the first stage of Orbital ...

NASA conducts an RS-25 hot fire on the Fred Haise Test Stand at Stennis Space Center in south Mississippi on Dec. 14. Credits: NASA/SSC NASA conducted the first test of the newly redesigned RS-25 ...

The test ran for almost 8 minutes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A powerful rocket engine for moon missions just fired up for ...