The honor, like a Nobel Prize for mathematics, was given this year to Luis Caffarelli for his work on partial differential equations.

The LOFTID mission tested a novel approach to guiding spacecraft through the extreme heat of returning from orbit, which could be used to put people...

For the fourth time, the country’s space program used a 23-ton launcher that made an uncontrolled re-entry back to Earth, prompting nervous sky-watching and airspace...