Perhaps most readers will remember when they saw the first SpaceX demonstration of a rocket stage landing vertically on the pad under control. It’s something of a shock to be reminded that their first ...

Two hobbyists show how they can pull off SpaceX’s trick at a smaller scale with custom hardware and a few years of effort. Two hobbyists show how they can pull off SpaceX’s trick at a smaller scale ...

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, COLORADO — Members of the Air Force Academy's Blue Horizon Rocketry team showed local students just how fun science can be on Thursday. The club spent Wednesday and Thursday helping ...

For me, the Space Age began on the weed-choked field behind North School in Glencoe, Ill., in 1976. That’s where Mr. Irmis, who drove a VW microbus and taught us science, math and sex ed, convened the ...