The test positions China to threaten the U.S. and Russia's dominance in crewed spaceflight.

China lands Moon-bound spaceship after 3-Day orbital joyride

Safe Landing

The experimental spacecraft China launched earlier this week successfully and safely landed Friday, paving the way for crewed space exploration.

China Lands Moon-Bound Spaceship After 3-Day Orbital Joyride

"We can say that China has now similar manned space capability of the US and Russia."

MEV-1 Mission Profile

"This is the first time in history a docking has been performed with a satellite that was not pre-designed with docking in mind."

World's first: Spacecraft docks to commercial satellite in orbit

Extreme Makeover Satellite Edition

Northrop Grumman's "Mission Extension Vehicle-1" (MEV-1) docks with a Inteslat 901, a communication satellite that's been in orbit for a lengthy 18 years.

World’s First: Spacecraft Docks to Commercial Satellite In Orbit

This 18-year-old communications satellite just got a new lease on life.

Ignition, deflagration-to-detonation, and mode-locking of rotating detonation waves

"We have tons of data about these engines, but we don't understand what is going on."

New rocket design is powered by a ring of literal explosions

Explosions in the Sky

Researchers have developed a new model that enables engineers to build a type of rocket engine called a "rotating detonation engine," which uses explosions.

New Rocket Design Is Powered by a Ring of Literal Explosions

This video is outrageous. "Once you detonate something, it just goes. It's so violent."

The 30 feet long, and fully reusable spacecraft has a maximum mass of around 22 tons at liftoff.

China reveals spacecraft built to ferry astronauts to the Moon

Moon Shot

China just revealed the spacecraft it wants to use to ferry astronauts to the Moon. In other words, a new Space Race is heating up.

China Reveals Spacecraft Built to Ferry Astronauts to the Moon

The new Space Race is heating up.

Would China steal ideas to get ahead in the new space race?

The U.S. says China is stealing military spacecraft technology

Smuggling Aerospace Parts

Pengyi Li from China attempted to smuggle sensitive spacecraft and military missile components out of the U.S. according to documents obtained by Quartz.

The U.S. Says China is Stealing Military Spacecraft Technology

A Chinese national was just caught trying to smuggle sensitive aerospace parts out of the country.

"Countries have learned over the years that when they create debris, it presents a risk to their own systems just as it does for everybody else."

A look inside the deep-sea graveyard for dead spacecraft

Davy Jones' Locker

Beneath the Pacific Ocean, at the point farthest from any landmass, lies a mass grave where used spacecraft and decommissioned space stations go to rest.

A Look Inside the Deep-Sea Graveyard for Dead Spacecraft

"Point Nemo" harbors hundreds of decommissioned spacecrafts.

The researchers say their light manipulation theoretically could work with any object of any shape, from micrometers to even meters.

Researchers found a way to levitate objects using only light

Light Levitation

Researchers at Caltech have found a way to levitate and propel objects of practically any size or shape by using only light.

Researchers Found a Way to Levitate Objects Using Only Light

Scientists say their new "levitation" tech could send a spacecraft to the nearest star in just 20 years.

See the steam-powered probe that could explore space forever

Full Steam Ahead

A steam-powered spacecraft prototype funded by NASA has the potential to explore planets, asteroids, and other space objects indefinitely.

See the Steam-Powered Probe That Could Explore Space Forever

It could hop from asteroid to asteroid indefinitely. 

NASA announces the first commercial astronauts to pilot the next generation of spacecraft

Off World

Barring more delays, the first American astronauts will be launching from U.S. soil since the retirement of the Space Shuttle.

NASA Announces The First Commercial Astronauts to Pilot The Next Generation of Spacecraft

The commercial space race is on, but delays are inevitable.

New technology will allow us to travel further into the universe.

Futuristic “Magnetic Sails” may be the key to interstellar spacecraft

Spacecraft capable of traveling between stars would have to find an efficient and effective way to slow down in order to study bodies at their destination.

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