On 1961, NASA's Mercury Redstone rocket launched on its last uncrewed flight before it started sending astronauts into space.

A European-Japanese space mission will reach Mercury in 2026, carrying instruments designed to answer a question that has quietly unsettled planetary science for decades: how does a planet like this ...

From monitoring Mercury to launching a new adventure to an icy moon of Jupiter, spacecraft and astronauts made great strides in 2024. Here are some of the highlights of this year in space. The moon ...

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Those were the words Alan Shepard used 60 years ago Wednesday to note his cockpit timepiece had begun running. This meant his Redstone rocket booster had left the ground sending him and his one-man ...

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, CA – November 28, 2025 – Proteus Space announced the successful launch and first contact of MERCURY ONE, its inaugural four-payload ESPA class spacecraft. MERCURY ONE ...