NASA’s Space Launch System, the agency’s flagship rocket designed to carry astronauts back to the Moon under the Artemis program, stands 322 feet tall in its Block 1 configuration. That height exceeds the Statue of Liberty and rivals many mid-rise ...

The destruction of a Blue Origin launchpad could thwart key goals of the president’s.

NASA cleared its moon rocket on Thursday for an April launch with four astronauts after completing the latest round of repairs. The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket will roll out of the hangar and back to the pad next week at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center ...

Newly minted NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman put his early stamp on the space agency with his announcement of "NASA Force"-a program he said will recruit "top aerospace, software, systems, and other critical technical talent" from the private sector to ...

NASA's top four-fifths of the SLS (Space Launch System) core stage for the Artemis III mission is offloaded from the agency's Pegasus barge on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida the prior day. One of the primary ...

NASA had to wait out high winds, but was able to begin the return trip of the Artemis II rocket to Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-B early Friday. The Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft and Mobile Launcher 1 were hauled out of the Vehicle ...

Space launches are increasing and the rockets are getting bigger. But there can be some major environmental consequences when things don't go to plan.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA cleared its moon rocket on Thursday for an April launch with four astronauts after completing the latest round of repairs. The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket will roll out of the hangar and back to the pad next week at Florida's ...