On Monday, Oct. 27, NASA was scheduled to launch a rocket carrying a 5,050-pound cargo spaceship loaded with food and supplies for astronauts aboard the International Space Station. But a boat got ...

It seemed like the perfect setup: a clear night sky, a towering rocket poised for its first night launch, and spectators up and down the U.S. East Coast hoping to see something special - a private ...

Last night’s launch was scheduled for 6:45 p.m. EDT. Beutel says the launch window was 10 minutes, and NASA usually tries to aim for the middle of it to maximize the rocket’s fuel efficiency.

The boat was down range of the rocket's planned path, says NASA, meaning that if anything had gone wrong it would have been in the danger zone. To prevent that risk, they had to cancel the launch.

A launch pad camera shows the Falcon 9 rocket’s engines flaring during a last-second shutdown. (Credit: SpaceX via YouTube) A wayward boat and a load of liquid oxygen that got too warm forced ...

During a June resupply launch, a strut in Falcon 9's liquid oxygen tanks broke, causing the rocket to explode just three minutes into its flight toward the International Space Station. The boat ...

SpaceX’s specialized boat aimed at catching falling rocket parts just got a sizable upgrade. The vessel, called Mr. Steven, now boasts an even more massive net, one that’s four times the size ...

Three months ago, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded spectacularly as it attempted to land on a robot boat. CEO Elon Musk described the failure, jokingly, as a "rapid unscheduled disassembly ...

For the latest Antares updates see: Rocket blows up seconds after launching Update at 9 p.m. ET: The NASA press conference following the Antares rocket explosion is scheduled to begin momentarily ...

SpaceX will soon start employing a second net-equipped boat during orbital launches, in an attempt to snag both halves of its rockets' payload fairings before they splash down in the ocean, SpaceX ...