Flawed rocket launches by SpaceX and Blue Origin still leave both companies in position to dominate the space sector.

The new rocket, named after famed NASA Mercury 7 astronaut John Glenn ... Its reusable first stage is built to fly at least 25 times, the company has said. The first stage is powered by seven ...

Multistage rockets, also known as step rockets, are launch vehicles that use two or more rocket stages, each containing its own engines and propellant. This design enables rockets to effectively shed ...

Following stage separation, the booster landed on the SpaceX drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean roughly ...

Where it differs from Shepard's Mercury-Redstone 3 rocket is that the New Shepard rocket can land and be reused. Now Blue Origin has high hopes to accomplish the same with its multi-stage orbital ...