Assembled with a captured German V-2 missile, the experimental Bumper 8 rocket rose above surrounding wilderness on July 24, 1950, marking America's first launch from Cape Canaveral — and sparking the ...

GREENSBORO — In the movie “Hidden Figures,” Katherine Johnson is known as the “girl with the numbers,” a mathematical genius who helped launch astronauts like John Glenn into space during her work at ...

Icarus may be known in Greek mythology as the one who flew too close to the sun. But today, it's NASA's Parker Solar Probe that turned the daring journey into reality. On Christmas Eve, the car-sized ...

As NASA researches the best (and most cost effective) ways to someday launch humans beyond low-Earth orbit once again, it's looking back at its storied history for clues. Recently a team of young ...