In reality, Vector is aiming to become the first mass-produced rocket company. SpaceX, on a good year, now launches a dozen times per year. It is seeking to double that total in 2017 or 2018 with ...

A Navy Aerobee-Hi research rocket reached the altitude of 163 miles last week over White Sands Proving Ground, N. Mex. This was Aerobee-Hi's fourth try for the single-stage altitude record; three ...

The three-stage rocket will be launched from a Boeing C-17 to be leased from the US Air Force. The rocket will be extracted from the cargo bay of the strategic airlifter, ...

It was the first time a 3-D printed rocket had reached “max-q,” the point when the vehicle experiences the strongest stresses, and also stage separation, when the booster used for liftoff ...