A SpaceX launch was called off after an automatic rocket abort on Sunday. The launch countdown had already finished, and the announcement of liftoff came before it was clear that the rocket wasn't ...

In a simulated launch emergency, Blue Origin successfully tested the abort system built into its New Shepard sub-orbital spacecraft Wednesday, firing its escape motor 45 seconds after liftoff. The ...

(CBS4) - NASA and Lockheed Martin had a successful test launch Tuesday, bringing the agencies closer to putting astronauts on the moon by 2024. NASA launched the Orion test capsule from Cape Canaveral ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX successfully completed an abort test launch of its Dragon Crew capsule on Sunday morning. The test was originally scheduled for Saturday morning but was scrubbed because ...

A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 6 on a test of the spacecraft's abort system. Eight SuperDraco thrusters mounted on the Dragon propelled the vehicle on a brief ...

NASA's efforts to return humans to the lunar surface took a short but critical leap forward on Tuesday (July 2), in a test that evoked the last time the space agency shot for the moon. The Ascent ...

Throughout the history of America’s human spaceflight program, there’s been an alternating pattern in regards to abort systems. From Alan Shepard’s first flight in 1961 on, every Mercury capsule was ...