CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX has fired up the rocket that will ferry its next crew of astronauts to the International Space Station next week. The private spaceflight company conducted a static-fire ...

Just five hours after a Russian Soyuz capsule brought three space station flyers back to Earth in Kazakhstan, SpaceX test fired the first stage engines of a Falcon 9 rocket in Florida early Saturday ...

HOUSTON—While it doesn’t have the same relevance to public consciousness as safety problems with commercial airliners, a successful test flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft in May would be welcome ...

It’s going to be a busy week for fans of SpaceX and rockets generally, with two historic flights scheduled to liftoff. Three weeks after SN11 exploded in the heavy fog of the Boca Chica, Texas test ...

China’s Mengzhou spacecraft crew module launches away from the pad during a successful pad abort test at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on June 17, 2025. Credit: CMSEO HELSINKI — China carried out a ...