CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After a full year studying a variety of escape systems for the space shuttle, NASA is taking a harder look at what was considered the long shot: a flyaway capsule. The idea ...

SpaceX is just days away from shooting up a crew capsule to test a launch escape system designed to save astronauts' lives.Buster, the dummy, is already strapped in for Wednesday's nearly mile-high ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX chalked up another big test flight Wednesday, firing a capsule into the air to try out its new, super-streamlined launch escape system for astronauts. No humans were on ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Rocket company Blue Origin pulled off a double success Wednesday, taking a step closer to launching people into space. The aerospace startup led by Amazon's Jeff Bezos tested ...

Scientists are working on a shape-shifting escape capsule for use with high-speed hypersonic planes which could potentially fly between Europe and Australia in under two hours in future. Faster than ...

Blue Origin has successfully staged a critical in-flight escape test of its New Shepard, a spacecraft that consists of reusable rocket and capsule that the private company is developing to ferry ...

Update, October 3: Because of poor weather, Blue Origin has postponed the in-flight escape test until 10:45 a.m. Wednesday. Blue Origin, the aerospace company founded by Jeff Bezos, will test a crew ...