CAPE CANAVERAL — SpaceX is just days away from shooting up a crew capsule to test a launch escape system designed to save astronauts’ lives. Buster, the dummy, is already strapped in for ...

DAN: SITTING IN A HANGAR, THE POWER OF A NEWLY ARRIVED ROCKET MOTOR IS WELL DISGUISED. THIS ATTITUDE CONTROL MOTOR IN THE FOREGROUND IS THE LAST IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM, THERE ...

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and its crewed Dragon capsule sent up the Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) from Launch Complex 39A at the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX is just days away from shooting up a crew capsule to test a launch escape system designed to save astronauts’ lives. Buster, the dummy, is already strapped in for ...

China has successfully conducted an escape flight test on its lunar spacecraft Mengzhou, which means“dream ship” in Mandarin.

Booster 2 was retired in October 2016 after performing a successful test of the launch escape system on its fifth and final flight. Booster 3, which launched Monday's mission, ...

Booster 2 was retired in October 2016 after performing a successful test of the launch escape system on its fifth and final flight. Booster 3, which launched the NS-23 mission in September, ...

The rocket’s launch escape system appeared to work flawlessly, but prospective space tourists might now think twice about riding aboard a New Shepard rocket. At least until Blue Origin has a ...

“The FAA will oversee the investigation of Blue Origin’s NS-23 mishap that occurred at its Launch Site One location in West Texas. “The anomaly that occurred triggered the capsule escape system.