Elon Musk’s SpaceX Lifts Four Astronauts in Flight to Space Station
SpaceX blasted four astronauts to the International Space Station on Wednesday morning in a mission that comes as billionaire founder...
Space exploration
Elon Musk Expects Starship to Deliver Launches at Lower Costs
Elon Musk said his space company’s enormous rocket should soon be able to reach orbits at significantly lower costs.Starship should...
NASA, SpaceX Scrutinize Parachute System On Spacecraft
A parachute on a SpaceX cargo vehicle didn’t open as quickly as expected as the spacecraft descended from orbit last...
On Scotland’s Haunting Coast, a Village Dreams of Space
A’ MHOINE, Scotland—Dorothy Pritchard and her neighbors hadn’t always planned to host a spaceport.The retired schoolteacher lives along the coast...
Blue Origin Launch With Michael Strahan Caps Record Year for Human Spaceflight
Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin LLC launched six people to the edge of space for a few minutes on Saturday, a...
How the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Helped Make Your Smartphone’s Screen Possible
In December, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and its partners plan to launch the James Webb Space Telescope. A...
WSJ News Exclusive | Boeing Plans Investment in Virgin Orbit’s $3.2 Billion SPAC Listing
Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit said Boeing Co. will invest in the satellite-launching startup’s planned $3.2 billion SPAC listing later this...
Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft to Return to Factory Over Stuck Valves
Boeing Co. said it would return its Starliner spacecraft to a factory for “deeper-level troubleshooting” to fix stuck valves that...
