Ranger 8 lifted off from Cape Kennedy, now Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Feb. 17, 1965. The Atlas-Agena rocket first placed the spacecraft into Earth orbit before sending it on a lunar trajectory.

Ranger 8 lifted off from Cape Kennedy, now Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Feb. 17, 1965. The Atlas-Agena rocket first placed the spacecraft into Earth orbit before sending it on a lunar trajectory. The ...

Rocket Lab reported earnings last week, but that's not all the news it shared. It's also planning a floating landing pad, and it has invented a flatter satellite. It also doubled one launch ...

The "Fasten Your Space Belts' mission lifted off at 6:17 p.m. ET today (Feb. 18). Rocket Lab launched a high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite toward low Earth orbit this evening (Feb. 18).

The latest SpaceX launch of Starship, the largest rocket ever built, has been postponed. The company, which was founded by Elon Musk, was gearing up to again attempt a successful launch of its ...

Sometimes after liftoff a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket displays a “jellyfish” effect in the sky. The jellyfish effect typically happens during late-night or early morning SpaceX rocket launches ...

SpaceX carried out another launch of its Starship rocket Thursday but quickly lost contact with the vessel as it roared over the Gulf of Mexico. The rocket scattered debris over parts of the ...

It has the most engines ever in a rocket booster: The Super Heavy booster is powered by 33 of SpaceX’s Raptor engines. As those engines lift Starship off the launchpad, they will generate 16 ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit early Saturday morning. The launch will take place at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and may ...

SpaceX's Starship rocket broke up during its eighth uncrewed flight test on Thursday, sending debris shooting through the sky and temporarily affecting flights at Miami-area airports. It was ...