SpaceX's sunrise launch from Cape Canaveral on Sunday was the 80th launch of the year on the Space Coast, which is on track ...

The formation of Mercury remains an unsolved mystery. The planet closest to the sun has a disproportionately large metallic ...

On March 24, 1961, NASA's Mercury Redstone rocket launched on its last uncrewed flight before it started sending astronauts into space. The mission was known as the Mercury Redstone Booster ...

Look to the east slightly ahead of dawn on Sept. 2 to catch a fleeting glimpse of fleet-footed Mercury alongside the bright star Regulus, before it becomes lost in the light of the rising sun. Want to ...

The new book "Gemini and Mercury Remastered" features iconic images from the earliest days of human space exploration ...