Eco-friendly alternatives to fossil fuels are venturing beyond Earth—and into space.

For the first time, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has put a payload in orbit using its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket.

A California-based company, SpinLaunch, is making waves with its innovative satellite launch system, drawing particular ...

Launch recap: Scroll down to review live updates from the Tuesday, Feb. 4, liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on the Maxar 3 mission. Original story: Gear up for the second ...

Live updates from Tuesday's SpaceX Maxar 3 mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center and sparked Florida sonic booms.

The rocket rumbled ... booster used on this launch saw its 21st and final flight. SpaceX said the reason it was not trying to recover the booster was due to the extra power needed to reach the ...

lunar infrastructure and space-based solar power projects. China made 68 launch attempts last year, all using expendable rockets. A large number of these were made by older, highly toxic ...

This weekly newsletter on rockets provides definitive coverage of the global launch industry. The big news this week is the New Glenn and Starship missions.

SpaceX launched its huge Super Heavy-Starship mega rocket on its seventh test ... "smart batteries" and power units to drive two dozen high-voltage actuators and redesigned navigation sensors.

The issue arose due to icing on a power unit within the rocket ... Maxar 3 mission, high-resolution commercial satellites Feb. 4 (UPI) -- SpaceX is scheduled to launch its Maxar 3 mission ...

A Blue Origin spacecraft will attempt to mimic lunar gravity in a daring maneuver during a planned Tuesday morning launch ...

By comparison, last year's total of 93 orbital rocket launches breezed to a new Florida annual record. The former record was ...