Texas is now headquarters for a number of impressive space commerce companies, including Firefly in Cedar Park, near Austin, and Intuitive Machines, Axiom Space and Franklin Chang-Diaz’s ambitious ...

European Space Agency astronaut John McFall is cleared to be the first person with a physical disability to fly to the space ...

"This progression to the Mission Ready phase is a really important milestone in the history of human spaceflight," John ...

The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in 2023. With SpaceX’s continued pace, more launches from United Launch ...

John Glenn launched on the Friendship 7 flight, the first human orbital flight for NASA, which premiered this video to ...

NASA launched an astronaut into orbit around the Earth for the first time. John Glenn was the third American to launch into ...

February 20th has witnessed a myriad of significant events throughout history, transforming societies and influencing global ...

John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth. An Atlas launch vehicle propelled a Mercury spacecraft into Earth orbit and enabled Glenn to circle Earth three times.

John H. Glenn, Virgil I. Grissom, and Alan B. Shepard—who were observed in an F-100F aircraft, wearing pressure suit helmets and consuming liquids from squeeze bottles while experiencing zero gravity ...

SpaceX crews hope to launch a Falcon 9 rocket Tuesday afternoon amid mostly sunny skies from Cape Canaveral Space Force ...

Longtime Houstonians -- including people who were born here -- explain their abiding love for this mystifying city.