SpaceX has shared dramatic footage and images of its Super Heavy booster firing up ahead of its eighth test flight.

While the midair explosion of the SpaceX's Starship rocket made for an unsuccessful flight test it also made for an unforgettable optical experience in the Caribbean. The launch marked the seventh ...

SpaceX's gigantic Starship rocket has been "lost" just minutes into ... the company said it had lost contact with Starship as the engines went out. A host on SpaceX's livestream soon confirmed ...

PARIS—France plans to demonstrate a higher-thrust rocket engine roughly on par with SpaceX's Raptor and Blue Origin’s BE-4 to avoid Europe falling further behind in the space race. Demand for ...

“The Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) Block IB is an upgrade of the SM-6 BLK IAU, which provides long-range fires capability by implementing improved software and replacing the existing Mk 104 Dual-Thrust ...

Credit: OroraTech WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab announced Jan. 22 a contract to launch a set of wildfire-monitoring satellites for German company OroraTech on a short turnaround. Rocket Lab said it ...

SpaceX halted the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday with 11 seconds to spare after a plane allegedly flew into restricted airspace near the launchpad. The California exhibition set to send ...

President Donald Trump's inauguration speech emphasized the priority of a mission to Mars, which in turn boosted space-related stocks including Rocket Lab. Rocket Lab announced the successful ...

They are also simply too slow for deep space travel. According to NASA’s estimates, spacecraft using existing chemical rocket engines will take a minimum of six to seven months to reach Mars.

A SpaceX test flight has ended in failure after an upgraded Starship rocket exploded over the Atlantic ... SpaceX said the vehicle’s six engines appeared to shut down one by one, with initial data ...

Chemical engines put ... peripheral to the rocket engine itself. There are alternatives to chemical rockets, such as ion drives and solar sails, but these produce minuscule thrust and have limited ...