Using a slingshot to launch things into space sounds like an ambitious Evel Knievel trick. But, later this year, NASA is doing just that—but with a payload. The space agency has partnered with space ...

SpinLaunch's suborbital accelerator at Spaceport America fired its first projectile in an Oct. 22 test. Credit: SpinLaunch WASHINGTON — SpinLaunch, a company developing an alternative launch system ...

One of the most exciting things about NASA signing on to test SpinLaunch's system is the number of possibilities that it unlocks for getting more satellites to space. Currently, getting new spacecraft ...

SpaceX is no longer content to just launch hardware into orbit; it now wants to recreate key parts of the space environment in its own lab. By building a proton particle accelerator, the company is ...

SpinLaunch has signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA. Through this partnership, SpinLaunch will develop, integrate, and fly a NASA payload on the company’s Suborbital Accelerator Launch System to ...

SpaceX is quietly adding a new kind of machine to its arsenal in Florida, not a rocket or a satellite but a cyclotron ...