There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. October 4, 1957 - The Soviets launch Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial ...

No astronauts were aboard the spacecraft. SpaceX discontinued its video feed of the launch without providing a location for the craft or where debris might land. In a post on X, SpaceX said the ...

And in February, 2025, Mercury will join the fun ... Various interplanetary spacecraft can use the specific positioning of planets to perform gravity assists, effectively slingshotting them ...

Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images SpaceX launched another Starship rocket Thursday but lost the vehicle’s spacecraft not long after liftoff, the second such setback in a row for Elon Musk’s ...

It was not immediately known whether the spacecraft’s self-destruct system had kicked in to blow it up. The 403-foot rocket blasted off from Texas. SpaceX caught the first-stage booster back at ...

SpaceX's Starship spacecraft broke up during an uncrewed test flight on Thursday, March 6th. The spacecraft exploded approximately nine minutes after launch, with debris visible from Florida's ...

It was not immediately known whether the spacecraft's self-destruct system had kicked in to blow it up. The 403-foot (123-meter) rocket blasted off from Texas a little before sunset. SpaceX caught ...