On Monday, Oct. 27, NASA was scheduled to launch a rocket carrying a 5,050-pound cargo spaceship loaded with food and supplies for astronauts aboard the International Space Station. But a boat got ...

It seemed like the perfect setup: a clear night sky, a towering rocket poised for its first night launch, and spectators up and down the U.S. East Coast hoping to see something special - a private ...

The boat was down range of the rocket's planned path, says NASA, meaning that if anything had gone wrong it would have been in the danger zone. To prevent that risk, they had to cancel the launch.

Last night’s launch was scheduled for 6:45 p.m. EDT. Beutel says the launch window was 10 minutes, and NASA usually tries to aim for the middle of it to maximize the rocket’s fuel efficiency.

The payload for Sunday night's launch isn't all that unusual: It's a communications satellite called SES-9 that should bring better coverage over Asia. The 229-foot-tall Falcon 9 rocket, however ...

For the latest Antares updates see: Rocket blows up seconds after launching Update at 9 p.m. ET: The NASA press conference following the Antares rocket explosion is scheduled to begin momentarily ...

A launch pad camera shows the Falcon 9 rocket’s engines flaring during a last-second shutdown. (Credit: SpaceX via YouTube) A wayward boat and a load of liquid oxygen that got too warm forced ...

During a June resupply launch, a strut in Falcon 9's liquid oxygen tanks broke, causing the rocket to explode just three minutes into its flight toward the International Space Station. The boat ...

On Friday, the Falcon 9 rocket soared into space and launched its cargo toward the International Space Station. And then for the first time in history, the rocket fired its engines to slow its ...

The White House will send four additional rocket launchers to Ukraine, as part of a new $450 million package of military assistance, the Department of Defense announced on Thursday.

After a dramatic night launch of its Falcon Heavy rocket, SpaceX pulled off another impressive stunt: catching part of the nose cone from the rocket in a net on a boat after it broke off from the ...

The rocket never had a chance. Rocket: zero. Boat: five. This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. SpaceX kept expectations low for today’s landing attempt. (The launch ...