Engineers have created a "cosmic veil"—a special protective coating—designed to shield solar cells on satellites and spacecraft from the brutal radiation environment of space. Developed at the ...

SpaceX is preparing to launch the eleventh flight test of its Starship rocket as early as Monday, October 13, with the launch window opening at 6:15 p.m. CT (7:15 p.m. ET).

Starship's heat shield will undergo its boldest trial yet: engineers have intentionally removed tiles from select areas to ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Spacewalking astronauts improved the safety of their orbiting home Monday by installing shields to protect against zooming pieces of junk. Gennady Padalka and Yuri Malenchenko ...

An awkward-looking, spherical satellite the size of a grapefruit launched in March 1958, and was boosted into a high elliptical orbit. The satellite, named Vanguard-1, was a test of launch ...

Sometimes you just want to build stuff. The "building factories in space" genre has no shortage of great games, but Space Engineers still stands out. It's a sprawling sandbox in the spirit of Factorio ...