The Alpha rocket will launch Lockheed Martin’s LM 400 spacecraft from Vandenberg Space Force Base, with the 52-minute launch window opening at 6:25 am PT (14:25 UTC). Lockheed is self-funding the ...
SpaceX says conditions are favorable for a Thursday launch. The company is making its eighth test of its Starship rocket. A ...
TASS/. The launch of the Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus spacecraft has been postponed to February 13, the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said in a statement.
The 403-foot rocket blasted off from Texas a little before sunset. During its ascent burn, Starship "experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly and contact was lost," SpaceX said on X.
The RD-181 engine was designed for use in the Antares rocket. It is a single combustion chamber rocket engine with afterburning of oxidizing gas, fueled by a kerosene / LOX mixture. It was ...