It's been 39 years since the Challenger space shuttle, carrying seven people, took off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, ...

NASA plans to fly two rockets through active auroras to help study the unique ribbons of light that dance across the Alaskan night sky. The rockets are expected to lift off from the Poker Flat ...

NASA rockets to study auroral pulsations and flickers in Alaska GIRAFF mission examines fast-pulsating and flickering auroras Black auroras linked to electron reversals explored by new mission ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska – This week, NASA aims to fire off rockets into the night sky over Alaska in an attempt to better understand polar auroras – more commonly known as the Northern Lights.

known as solar flares, interacting with Earth's magnetic field – they're not sure what causes their unique movements. Specifically, researchers at NASA want to understand why some auroras flicker, ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska – This week, Nasa aims to fire off rockets into the night sky over Alaska in an attempt to better understand polar auroras – more commonly known as the Northern Lights. 7 Things To ...

Two NASA rocket missions are taking to the Alaskan skies in hopes of discovering why some auroras flicker, others pulsate, and still others are riddled with holes. Understanding these peculiar ...

Blue Origin will try again to launch its massive new rocket as early as Tuesday after calling off the debut launch because of ice buildup in critical plumbing. The 320-foot New Glenn rocket was ...

The rocket, whose inaugural mission had been delayed by several years, blasted off at 2:03 am (0703 GMT ... Pentagon and NASA. "SpaceX has for the past several years been pretty much the only ...

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket blasted off Thursday from a launchpad near Cape Canaveral, Fla., with flames pouring out from its booster. Liftoff marked a years-in-the-making milestone for Bezos ...

Musk's company SpaceX dominates the orbital launch market through its prolific Falcon 9 rockets, which have become vital for the commercial sector, Pentagon and NASA. "SpaceX has for the past ...