The vehicle was preparing to plunge out of orbit and back into Earth’s atmosphere ... vehicle off the ground. The first-stage booster is also the same part that SpaceX routinely guides to ...

This striking false-color image shows massive wind-carved ridges and a "shadowy" patch of sand dunes at the heart of Iran's Lut Desert — one of the most extreme environments on Earth.

Following liftoff, the Falcon 9’s first stage successfully landed ... the crew plans to observe Earth’s polar regions from about 267 miles above the ground – an altitude that will allow ...

The sea rose with a fresh influx of nutrients that altered ocean chemistry, potentially setting the stage for complex ...