The Sea Dragon, a super-heavy lift launch vehicle, was a real concept under consideration with NASA in the 1960s. If the design had come to fruition, it would have been the largest rocket ever ...

I was invited by the U.S. Navy to spend a day with the squadron that flies one of the largest military helicopters in the ...

Sea-based launches are hitting their stride. That could lead to a lot more space missions with a lot less red tape.

A Smart Dragon-3 rocket carrying the satellite group CentiSpace 01 blasts off from the sea near the city of Haiyang in east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 13, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] A Smart Dragon ...

NASA has even authorized the Falcon 9 and its Dragon capsule to transport astronauts ... 394 feet tall (120 meters), making it the largest rocket ever built. However, Starship's hull is stainless ...

The rocket blasted off at 11 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the sea near the city of Haiyang. Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center conducted the offshore launch mission. A Smart Dragon-3 rocket carrying the ...

NASA has even authorized the Falcon 9 and its Dragon capsule to transport astronauts ... 394 feet tall (120 meters), making it the largest rocket ever built. However, Starship's hull is stainless ...

marking the rocket model’s fifth sea-based launch, China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, maker of the Smart Dragon 3 series, said in a news release after the liftoff. The Smart Dragon 3 is ...

SD-3 is a member of China's Dragon rocket family. It made its maiden flight in 2022 from a ship in the Yellow Sea. Unlike the Long March rockets, the country's backbone launch vehicles ...