SpaceX fired up its next Starship and booster for an engine test before the rocket's upcoming launch to space.

Musk wrote. The test wasn't a total botch, though. SpaceX managed to successfully complete the rocket booster return and catch at the launch pad for the second time ever. The booster was caught ...

Some rocket launches have an added bonus: The SpaceX boosters return to a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean or, occasionally, to the company's landing zone at Cape Canaveral. If a booster returns ...

To better understand this concept, both rockets will measure key factors in the electron acceleration process, including the energy, quantity, and relative arrival times of electron populations that ...

The 177-foot-tall twin solid rocket boosters provide more than 75% of the total SLS thrust during liftoff, the agency says. Advertisement The timeline for the delay-plagued Artemis moon landing ...

SpaceX's huge Starship spaceship exploded, although its Super Heavy rocket booster successfully returned to a platform on Earth. "@elonmusk Kudos to you and the whole SpaceX team on the flawless ...

Here’s how it works. A Chinese commercial space launch company is continuing its success with a small solid rocket ahead of a more ambitious launch later this year. The Ceres-1 four-stage solid ...

If the design had come to fruition, it would have been the largest rocket ever built ... better to create something now termed a "big dumb booster". "Current U.S. expendable launch vehicles ...

It ultimately failed to land its booster back in the Atlantic, but admitted this had been "ambitious". What happens now? The second stage of the rocket is now gliding through orbit, carrying the ...

SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday (January 16, 2025), but the spacecraft was destroyed following a thrilling booster catch back at the pad. Elon Musk’s ...

Developing two segments helps Rocket Lab to offer comprehensive space solutions spanning from launch to satellite operations. The company has solid growth momentum on most financial metrics.