On Dec. 12, 1967, NASA launched the Pioneer 8 spacecraft on a mission to study the sun. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] Pioneer 8 was the third in a series of solar-orbiting ...

For over 30 years, the Pioneer 10 spacecraft sent photographs and scientific information back to Earth. Launched March 2, 1972, it reached speeds of 52,100 kilometers (32,400 miles) per hour on its ...

Federal funding is about to run out for 19 active space missions studying Earth’s climate, exploring the Solar System, and probing mysteries of the Universe. This year’s budget expires at the end of ...

Envision a time when hundreds of spacecraft are exploring the solar system and beyond. That's the future that NASA's ESCAPADE, or escape and plasma acceleration and dynamics explorers, mission will ...

Its LC-3 launch complex on Wallops Island, Va., opened last month. Rocket Lab's Neutron rocket will launch out of this brand-new location. The company boasts an end-to-end space business -- from ...

This article originally appeared on The Conversation. Envision a time when hundreds of spacecraft are exploring the solar system and beyond. That’s the future that NASA’s ESCAPADE, or Escape and ...

On Aug. 28, I attended the official opening of Rocket Lab's (NASDAQ: RKLB) third launch complex, LC-3, at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) on Wallops Island in Virginia. As ribbon-cutting ...