However, as anyone who's actually watched a rocket launch can tell you, they do not fly straight up. Rather, a launched rocket follows a distinct curve after it blasts off, gradually appearing to ...

The Falcon 9 rocket's first stage, shiny and clean on the launch pad, was actually flying its very first mission, but the Dragon spacecraft is making its fourth overall flight, the most times that ...

The rocket will fly straight south, right overhead. Fram2 will be the first to splash down off the West Coast. Update 9:35 p.m.: Fram2 will not only be the first to orbit the poles, but the first ...

The rocket will fly straight south, right overhead. Fram2 will be the first to splash down off the West Coast. Update 9:35 p.m.: Fram2 will not only be the first to orbit the poles, but the first ...

NASA's powerful Space Launch System, or SLS, rocket blasted into space and the agency released intense footage of the vehicle's boosters separating from the vehicle.

BYU Rocketry Club members assemble the launch trailer and hybrid motor rocket for a test launch on April 5 in Tooele. (Photo: TJ Neyman) Once inspected, the students erected the launch rail tower ...