NASA astronaut Scott Carpenter became the fourth American to go to space and the second American to orbit the Earth.

A filing made to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by a staffer at rocket company Blue Origin, which concerns radio ...

Blue Origin revealed new details about its development of an Artemis lunar lander as the company nears the first launch of a ...

On this date in history: In 1844, the first U.S telegraph line was formally opened -- between Baltimore and Washington. The ...

The Smithsonian is almost ready to open five more of the Air and Space Museum's halls as its 7-year renovation continues.

Engineers floated the idea of using the Mark 1 (MK1) as a mass simulator, if needed, for the first launch of Blue Origin’s ...

The Boonji Spaceman has touched down in Stirling Gardens, however some in Perth’s arts community are pushing back against a ...

John Glenn’s transcontinental ... the media and in geopolitics, the feat put Glenn on the radar just before selections would be made for the first class of astronauts and served notice that ...

On May 24, 1962, NASA astronaut Scott Carpenter became the fourth American to go to space and the second American to orbit the Earth ... backup pilot for John Glenn, who first orbited Earth ...

Blue Origin’s Mark I, which is slated to launch this year on a shakedown mission to the lunar south pole, is designed to ...

Replied Glenn, the first ... John (“Shorty”) Powers proudly said: “The spacecraft is still performing in almost unbelievable fashion.” And then came the crisis. On his 19th orbit, while ...