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 ...

"It looks like we lost contact a little under eight and a half minutes into the flight." Image: SpaceX's rocket made the test flight from a launch site in Boca Chica, Texas. Pic: AP/Eric Gay Image ...

DETROIT, Jan. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT), the Detroit-based fintech platform company consisting of mortgage, real estate and personal finance businesses, today announced ...

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 ...

Rocket Lab launched 16 rockets in 2024, 60% more than the 10 it launched in 2023. Rival SpaceX launched far more rockets -- 138 -- but its growth rate from 2023 was slower. Fully-loaded Rocket Lab ...

HELSINKI — A Chinese state-owned company performed a rocket flight aimed at testing reentry and landing burns late Saturday without announcing the outcome. The Longxing-2 test article lifted off ...

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket visible as a streak of light from bottom right to top left. Don Pettit / NASA Blue Origin launched its New Glenn heavy-lift rocket for the first time last week ...

A SpaceX Starship rocket broke up in space minutes after launching from Texas on Thursday, forcing airline flights over the Gulf of Mexico to alter course to avoid falling debris and setting back ...

The rocket was supposed to soar across The Gulf of Mexico from Texas and lap the Earth. Picture: SpaceX/AFP “It looks like we lost contact a little under eight and a half minutes into the flight.” ...

The Federal Aviation Administration is requiring Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin to investigate what went wrong on their respective mega-rocket test flights this week.