Students from eight community college and university teams will see more than a year of effort take flight into space with the launch of Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket from NASA’s Wallops ...

NASA selected 10 student experiments from across the country to fly on a rocket mission June 7 from the Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va. During the weeks leading up to the launch, students ...

From the tragedy of the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 to the now-routine return of commercial spacecraft, heat shields—formally called thermal protection systems—are critical for protecting ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: ESA/ESRANGE/Lars Thulin A suborbital rocket is set to help scientists take the next step ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A rocket crashed back to Earth shortly after liftoff Monday in the first launch accident for Jeff Bezos’ space travel company, but the capsule carrying experiments managed ...

Students watched the spacecraft carrying their experiment explode. — -- Four Tennessee students had the thrill of watching their science experiment being launched into space on board SpaceX's ...