Blue Origin’s NS-37 mission on Dec. 18 aims to send the first wheelchair user to space. Aerospace engineer Michaela “Michi” ...

Blue Origin will launch the NS-37 mission on Dec. 18 with the first wheelchair user to reach space, along with five other passengers on the New Shepard suborbital flight ...

Australian accident investigators have released dramatic images showing a skydiver's parachute entangled on an airplane's ...

The skydiver survived after sawing through the tangled lines with a hook knife and landing safely with only minor injuries.

Retired Navy SEAL Jimmy Hatch breaks down how a skydiver saved himself after his reserve parachute accidentally deployed, sucking him out of the plane and wrapping around the tail of the aircraft.

Researchers from ETH Zurich have succeeded in introducing large quantities of unnatural amino acids into bacteria, enabling ...

China launches the Lijian-1 Y11 carrier rocket with nine satellites onboard, including three international payloads for the ...

A lawsuit seeks to recover damages after unexpected bird strike triggered crash at NASA's former shuttle landing facility.

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A memo sent by the Smithsonian said transporting Discovery could swell in price and result in irreparable damage to the space shuttle. On paper, it reads like a riddle: How do you transport a 120-foot ...

Three Chinese astronauts are stuck in space after their shuttle was used to cart another group back to Earth, leaving them in the dust. Astronauts Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang, all with the ...

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