An aerospace contractor that builds rockets here in Alabama is gearing up for a historic blastoff later this year. United ...

Getting into space without the help of a government space agency has been done a few times before, mostly with solid-fuel rockets. [Jonathan]’s system uses a liquid-fueled engine, fed with ...

Blue Origin's star-studded NS-31 launch is the first mission to fly an all-female crew (of more than one) to outer space.

Operating in orbit demands engineering solutions beyond what any airliner or rocket could offer—and the Space Shuttle ...

there were printers aboard the Space Shuttle, and the story behind them is fascinating. The push for printers in space came from the combined forces of NASA’s love for checklists and the need ...

back to the top- Spacesuits for the space shuttle era are pressurized at 4.3 pounds per square inch (psi), but because the gas in the suit is 100 percent oxygen instead of 20 percent, the person ...

Seattle's Museum of Flight brings its collection of space artifacts up to the present day with a Blue Origin BE-3U rocket engine..

Not only does this epic set let you recreate your very own scale model of the Space Shuttle Discovery, it also comes with a Hubble Telescope. Price: $199.99 / £169.99 Model number: 10283 Number ...

When the shuttle’s main engines throttle up after passing through the point of maximum atmospheric pressure, Bolden reminds the audience that it was at this point of the flight that the space ...