NASA has set June 17 as the date for a press event at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, where reporters will get an up-close look at preparations for a first-of-its-kind orbital rescue mission. A Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket is slated to carry a small robotic spacecraft built by Katalyst Space Technologies to rendezvous with

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June 1 (Reuters) - Damage to a Blue Origin launch pad from the spectacular explosion of the company's giant New Glenn rocket during a test firing of its engines last week will "take some serious time" to repair,

The University of Alabama in Huntsville won NASA's 2026 Student Launch, outpacing over 30 teams. The event was hosted by the Marshall Space Flight Center.

NASA has been conducting a series of hot fire tests to certify RS-25 engines for use on the Space Launch System rockets that will launch Artemis missions to the moon. The penultimate test in the series was conducted at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.

Jeff Bezos-led aerospace giant Blue Origin faced yet another setback with its New Glenn rocket's explosion during its Thursday launch at NASA's launchpad in Florida's Cape Canaveral. At around 9 PM ET,

On Thursday evening Blue Origin attempted to test fire its massive New Glenn rocket at its Florida launch site, but something went very wrong after engine ignition. The super heavy lift rocket exploded in spectacular and disastrous fashion.