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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

HAIYANG, 13 January (BelTA - 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.

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 ...

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 ...