John Glenn (1921-2016) was a pioneering astronaut, US Marine, and Senator, becoming the first American to orbit Earth in 1962.

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The world's first wooden satellite has blasted off on a SpaceX rocket, its Japanese developers said Tuesday, part of a ...

Seven years before the Moon landing, in 1962, astronaut Walter “Wally” Schirra wore his personal Speedmaster during the Sigma ...

Coast based company could be launching an Australian-made rocket out of Bowen by the end of the year, after securing a key ...

Defence says threats have outpaced a satellite system intended for the ADF, but the opposition says cancellation ...

The suit is far more elaborate than the long-ago Mercury model and far more expensive, the product of a $228-million contract ...

The Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio, a key valuation measure, is calculated by dividing the stock's most recent closing price by the sum of the diluted earnings per share from continuing operations ...

China has sent three astronauts to its permanently inhabited space station, where they will conduct dozens of scientific ...