AI use in launch vehicles is being studied as a way to support higher launch rates, improve reliability, manage maintenance, and coordinate space traffic as global access to orbit increases ...

NASA’s launch and mission teams, along with the Artemis II crew, completed a key test Dec. 20, a countdown demonstration test, ahead of the Artemis II flight around the Moon early next year.

At the end of November, NASA’s next great telescope — the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — officially finished construction. Teams at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland joined the inner ...

SpaceX has moved its newest Starship spacecraft to the launch pad for testing ahead of the megarocket's upcoming 11th test flight. The company documented the milestone today (Sept. 17) via X, in a ...

A major step toward launch day is complete as NASA's Artemis II astronauts ran through a countdown demonstration test.

An unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launches during an operational test at 1:35 a.m, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. ICBM systems require regular testing to verify ...

NASA and the Artemis II crew complete a full countdown test as teams prepare for the first crewed mission around the Moon under the Artemis program ...

Running two days late, SpaceX launched its huge Super Heavy-Starship on Tuesday, chalking up what appeared to be a remarkably successful test flight in the wake of three back-to-back failures earlier ...

Booster 18 was transported to the Starbase Masseys test site Nov. 20 for cryogenic proof testing ahead of launch. An accident during ambient gas system pressure testing heavily damaged the rocket ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Update, Aug. 26, 2025: After a second 24-hour delay, SpaceX ...

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Bloomberg reported Tesla TSLA plans to launch the testing of its robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, on June 12. The report said Tesla already conducted its first driverless test on public roads in ...