SpaceX wants to establish an additional landing option for Dragon capsules returning with International Space Station crew.

The RemoveDebris active debris removal mission will test both net and harpoon capture techniques and, after the testing is complete, the satellite will deploy a dragsail to ensure it re-enters and burns up.

On the heels of a report that Russia recently launched a PL-19 Nudol anti-satellite weapon, the head of the U.S. intelligence community says the government continues to track such incidents.

A study shows the mortality rate from cardiovascular problems among Apollo astronauts who ventured to the Moon is much greater than for colleagues who did not.

SpaceX Dragon’s 14th NASA-contracted resupply mission spacecraft rendezvoused with the-six person International Space Station as scheduled early April 4.

NASA has selected Lockheed Martin to build an X-plane to show that sonic booms can be reduced to a level low enough to enable the flight ban to be lifted.

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The 230-ft (70-meter) rocket lifted off at 4:30 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40, kicking off the seventh of some 30 missions SpaceX plans to fly this year.