NASA tested a Space Launch System rocket RS-25 engine at the Stennis Space Center. Credit: NASA Stennis Space Center

A smaller 60-foot-tall NASA spacecraft known as a sounding rocket launched from New Mexico to study the sun's mysterious chromosphere and its corona.

Trump may slash environmental rules for rocket launches. The Trump administration is considering slashing rules meant to protect the environment and the public during commercial rocket launches, changes that companies like Elon Musk's SpaceX have long sought,

Engineers didn't immediately acknowledge the issue during that broadcast, apart from one controller uttering "Whoa," followed by an audible gasp. The company later confirmed a problem occurred late in the burn, though representatives didn't elaborate on what went wrong.

A sounding rocket that launched out of NASA's White Sands Space Harbor successfully and captured data about the sun on Friday, July 18.

NASA’s giant new moon rocket is finally at the launchpad, although it is yet to be determined when it might finally leave Earth. For the first time on Thursday evening, a fully stacked Space ...

House and Senate appropriations bills would preserve SLS, Orion, and the Gateway. However, the House version of NASA's budget has an interesting paragraph directing NASA to explore cheaper, faster options for a new SLS upper stage.

NASA has lost about 500 people via normal attrition as well since Trump took office in January. Counting those losses, NASA's workforce will shrink to about 14,000 by Jan. 9, 2026, when the employees who said yes during the DRP's second phase will come off the rolls, Warner said in the statement.