NEW YORK (AP) - NASA pays it billions. Its rockets sport mythical names like Minotaur and Pegasus. And its $2 billion deal to resupply the International Space Station had gone well - until this week.

Orbital and suborbital flight are common terms in the spaceflight industry that sound very similar, but they mean different things. The main difference between orbital and suborbital flight is the ...

Spacefaring countries have for decades been sending thousands upon thousands of satellites and other objects into orbit, where they have become an integral component of modern society. From hundreds ...

A local resident rides his horse Texas as he checks out the SpaceX Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket on the launch pad at Starbase on April 16, 2023. Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via ...