On April 9, 1959, NASA introduced the “Mercury Seven,” its first seven astronauts: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard and Donald “Deke” Slayton, to ...

Weather prevented a rocket carrying the first batch of Amazon satellites designed to compete with Elon Musk's Starlink from ...

SU senior Tatiyyanah Nelums was selected for the Patti Grace Smith fellowship as an aerospace engineering major.

A planetary alignment featuring seven planets will light up the evening sky on Friday, with Mercury joining Mars ... Read full article: Atlas V launch with Amazon’s Project Kuiper now set ...

On Mercury, the astronaut was along ... Launched by its own Atlas rocket 100 minutes prior to the crew's launch via Titan, the Agena was a combination docking target and booster rocket.

Cumulus clouds are a particular danger for rockets as a nearby launch can trigger lightning strikes, ULA added. Livestream footage showed steam venting from the white Atlas V rocket laden with 27 ...

On Feb. 20, 1962, 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. The flight ...

After weeks of delays, the first 27 satellites of Amazon's Project Kuiper internet constellation are scheduled to lift off ...

These spacecraft, buttoned up on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, are the first of more than 3,200 ...