When it launched the James Webb Space Telescope on Christmas Day in 2021, NASA advertised it as the most advanced that was ever made. Coincidentally, it is also the most expensive telescope ever made, ...

Longshot, an aerospace technology start-up founded in 2021, is developing a launch system to shoot payloads, such as satellites, into Earth’s low orbit. This ground-based kinetic launch system, or ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. The Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) would need to be cut into ...