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The company described the test of the next-generation spacecraft as “awesome” even though it ended in a fiery blast.

Although the Beresheet lunar landing ended in a crash last year, SpaceIL wants to try again with a more complex mission by 2024.

The crew will spend some 27 hours in a capsule built by the private company before docking with the space station Monday night.

Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket hasn’t flown space tourists yet, but it has found a business niche with NASA and private science experiments.

Rocket Lab may be able to send a small spacecraft to probe the clouds of Venus long before NASA or other space agencies are able to do so.

The F.C.C. approved the company’s 3,236-satellite constellation, which aims to provide high-speed internet service around the world.

Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley returned to Earth in the first water landing by an American space crew since 1975.

The agency identified the causes of mishaps in orbit during an uncrewed test flight of its Starliner spacecraft in December.

Astrobotic, a Pittsburgh company, won a $199.5 million contract to transport NASA’s VIPER rover to the lunar surface.

Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley could stay in orbit for months to aid the station’s short-staffed crew.

The trip to the space station was the first from American soil since 2011 when the space shuttles were retired.

Here’s what you need to know about Saturday’s second launch attempt of NASA astronauts in the Crew Dragon spacecraft.

A successful launch on Wednesday could forever change how the world thinks about getting people to space.

The company, founded by Richard Branson, had hoped to show that it can send small satellites to orbit from virtually anywhere.

The agency confirmed its mission was proceeding smoothly, but made the announcement amid the puzzling departure of a top NASA official.