Elon Musk’s SpaceX dominates the news these days, but a host of oddballs involved in space exploration came before him.

Private space company Galactic Energy could debut the world's first electromagnetic rocket launch pad by 2028.

China’s commercial space industry is rapidly gaining momentum, with private companies aiming to compete with SpaceX. Backed ...

“If China continues to have this bloated state-driven industry, it can do these enormous feats like going to the far side of ...

Mr. Irving is an investigative journalist who has covered aviation and aerospace for more than 30 years.

China has put forth a proposal to construct a large radio telescope array on the far side of the moon. For the last few years ...

After the first successful commercial moon landing, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost completed its first mission two weeks in.

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander fell silent over the weekend, wrapping up two weeks of science experiments for NASA.

But Chinese Ambassador Dr. Hu Shih, guest of honor at a Columbia University China War Relief meeting in Manhattan, was not paying attention. He had come prepared to say that China will fight on ...

Amsterdam city historian Robert von Hasseln has compiled biographical data on Rocco Petrone, Amsterdam’s link to the moon landings that took place over 50 years ago. Petrone was launch director ...

The Moon appears to turn red as it passes into Earth's shadow. NASA Ames Research Center/Brian Day Skywatchers are gearing up for a rare celestial event that’s set to adorn the night skies ...

China will select taikonauts for its first-ever manned moon landing mission from the current pool that has participated in spaceflight missions to the China Space Station, China's first astronaut ...