NASA has been testing out a powerful new rocket engine that will one day help put humans on Mars.
The new Space Launch System will enable ambitious future missions including a manned trip to Mars.
The successful test saw the enormous booster put out a staggering 3.6 million pounds of thrust.
The American firm has been attempting to develop rocket parts that can be returned to Earth and reused.
The DNA managed to survive being painted on to the outside of a rocket and blasted in to space.
A US rocket bound for the International Space Station has exploded just seconds after launching.
An incident involving three UFOs crashing in China could be due to a Russian rocket launch explosion.
Experts have uncovered a series of strange weapon diagrams in a warfare manual dating back to 1530.
The Space Launch System (SLS) is set to enable new missions to the Red Planet and beyond.
A remarkable new type of reusable rocket could soon revolutionize how we launch things in to space.
Reports have flooded in of strange phenomena in the skies over South Africa and the Indian Ocean.
An adventurous frog managed to steal the show during the launch of NASA's LADEE spacecraft this week.
SpaceShipTwo will be conducting its first rocket-powered test flight tomorrow says Richard Branson.
Iran has reported that it has successfully sent a monkey in to space aboard a Pishgam rocket.
Russian rocket corporation Energia has completed the designs of a brand new manned spacecraft.
Sales of garlic have skyrocketed after an alert was issued to warn people about a vampire on the loose.
55-year-old Ian Lock found something unexpected when he went to open a bag of rocket salad.
European astronauts could be hitching a lift in to space aboard Chinese rockets within a decade.
Affordable space tourism grows ever closer as rocket-powered test flights get the green light.
SpaceX has successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon cargo capsule bound for the ISS.