A German startup named Isar Aerospace will try to launch its first rocket Saturday, aiming to become the first in a wave of ...

Demand for solid rocket motors is booming in part because missile makers are aggressively ramping up output of all sorts of ...

The latest solution is expected to boost magazine capacity while maintaining range, and more for current battlefield ...

When is launch day for NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 astronauts? After an initial launch attempt that ended in a scrub minutes before liftoff, Crew-10 will try again on Pi Day. A hydraulic ground issue at ...

By the late 1990s, however, these solid-fuel boosters had reached altitudes of nearly 180 kilometers, bumping into U.S.-imposed missile-range restrictions South Korea had agreed to in return for ...

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SpaceX has had some incredible highs and lows. Founded in 2002, the private space company has become a key player in rocket missions and has helped accomplish founder and CEO Elon Musk’s goal of ...

The countdown is well underway to launch NASA’s moon-bound Artemis I mission. NASA is preparing to launch SLS to orbit as soon as Monday, August 29. Once there, the Orion spacecraft hitching a ...

NASA received the upper stage for the agency’s Artemis II Space Launch System rocket on March 9, which Boeing and the United Launch Alliance supplied. Known as the interim cryogenic propulsion ...

ENVIRONMENTALISTS are urging the Davis administration to reconsider its agreement with SpaceX to land rocket boosters in The Bahamas after a Starship rocket exploded, sending debris into Bahamian ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — There’s a sense of urgency among NASA and its partners aiming for the first human spaceflight of the Artemis program. Artemis II is slated to launch four astronauts on ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — On Friday, NASA unveiled the massive Artemis II rocket that will be used to return humans to the moon in an orbital mission that will last 10 days as the program manager ...