Brand new rocket on course for maiden flight this summer
A graphic imagining the first launch of the Ariane 6 rocket. Arianespace The European Space Agency (ESA) is planning to fly its new heavy-lift Ariane 6 rocket for the first…
SpaceX photos show important Starship pre-flight rehearsal
SpaceX’s Starship rocket on the launchpad at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. SpaceX SpaceX is another step closer to the fourth test flight of the Starship, the world’s most powerful…
SpaceX photos show important Starship pre-flight rehearsal
SpaceX’s Starship rocket on the launchpad at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. SpaceX SpaceX is another step closer to the fourth test flight of the Starship, the world’s most powerful…
A SpaceX rocket just set a new flight record
A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster launching for the 21st time in May 2024. SpaceX SpaceX has launched and landed a first-stage Falcon 9 booster for a record 21st time. The…
NASA reveals new target date for first crewed Starliner launch
ULA’s Atlas V rocket and Boeing Space’s Starliner spacecraft on the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA/ Joel Kowsky NASA has announced a new target date for…
SpaceX Falcon 9 booster equals flight record, but no landing this time
A Falcon 9 booster launches for a record-equalling 20th time. SpaceX SpaceX flew a first-stage Falcon 9 booster for the 20th time on Saturday, equalling a record set by another…
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket just completed a milestone mission
SpaceX has been launching and landing rockets since 2015, though admittedly some of those early touchdowns didn’t go as planned and ended in a ball of flames. These days, the…
SpaceX all set for a record-breaking rocket launch on Friday
SpaceX / SpaceX SpaceX will launch one of its Falcon 9 boosters for a record 20th time on Friday, highlighting once again the success of the company’s reusable rocket system.…
Watch ULA’s triple-booster Delta IV Heavy roar to space for the final time
United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV Heavy rocket launched for the final time on Tuesday, bringing an end six decades of service by the Delta family of rockets. The Delta IV…
ULA’s Delta IV Heavy rocket is about to take its final flight
ULA / ULA United Launch Alliance will send its Delta IV Heavy rocket on its final flight on Tuesday, April 9. The rocket was supposed to launch last month but…