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

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 ...

HAIYANG, Shandong, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- A Smart Dragon-3 rocket lifted ... 01 into the planned orbit. The rocket blasted off at 11 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the sea near the city of Haiyang.

Between now and Crew-10's new target launch date of March 12, Endurance must undergo refurbishment, trunk stacking, ...

March 21 (UPI) --A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Florida ... help researchers study and understand sea ice and ocean conditions. Also aboard Dragon will be food. But Crew-8 will enjoy ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...