May 10 (UPI) -- SpaceX confirmed Wednesday it signed a contract to launch the world's first commercial space station. The company also will perform manned space flights shortly after launching the ...

If you believe rocket launches are all about countdowns and lift-offs, Crew-11 will disabuse you of that notion this flight ...

Skylab’s core was built from an empty rocket fuel tank that weighed 170,000 pounds, the heaviest spacecraft at that time. From the start, it was a design and technical challenge.

China's manned space flights began in 2003 when former fighter pilot, Yang Liwei, was sent into orbit in a small bronze-coloured capsule, the Shenzhou-5, becoming China's first man in space and an ...

The China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) announced a successful test of its pad-abort system for the in-development Mengzhou spacecraft this week.

However, its conceptual innovations, engineering challenges, and historical context offer a fascinating glimpse into the ...

Boeing, the other company planning manned ISS missions, didn't get away clean in the report. The GAO says Boeing has not done enough testing on its parachute system for the CST-100 capsule.

As World War II drew to a close, the Allies were eager to get their hands on one of the most technologically amazing yet terrifying weapons in Nazi Germany's armamentarium: the V-2 rocket. A long ...

The Project’s novel rocket design will be launched from the world’s largest reusable helium balloon at an altitude of 70,000 feet (24,400 meters). To learn more, visit www.davinciproject.com .

China adopts a unified design framework and technical system for the Tiangong space station, under which the GNC, energy, information, thermal control, and manned environment systems of all the 3 ...

“I just thank my lucky stars that guys like Houbolt came along,” said Caldwell Johnson, chief of the manned-spacecraft-design office. “I suppose that Columbus had some help too.” ...

BEIJING, Oct. 12 -- China launched its second manned spaceship into orbit Wednesday, lifting a pair of astronauts into the sky for a voyage scheduled to last up to five days. The launch, which ...