How NASA’s ‘cowboys in airplanes’ could help save astronauts

NASA’s powerful Launch Abort System — literally designed to outrun the debris from an exploding rocket and save the lives of ...
Ars Technica

NASA wants to know how the launch industry’s chic new rocket fuel explodes

For more than 60 years, nearly every large rocket used some combination of the same liquid and solid propellants. Refined kerosene was favored for its easy handling and non-toxicity, hydrazine for its ...

How NASA plans to keep Artemis astronauts alive if disaster strikes

NASA's powerful Launch Abort System, designed to outrun an exploding rocket, is the result of years of work from scientists ...

The future of space business depends on a rocket that keeps blowing up

Dozens of startups working on data centers, mining and pharmaceuticals are hanging on Elon Musk's long-stalled megarocket.
USA Today

NASA’s giant moon rocket ready for Florida Artemis 2 launch. What to know

NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket will launch the Artemis 2 mission, the first human moon mission in over 50 years. At 322 feet tall, the SLS is taller than the Statue of Liberty and is NASA's ...