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 ...

The explosion led to the grounding of the Space Shuttle fleet for nearly three years, during which various safety measures, solid rocket booster redesign and a new policy on management decision ...

Just minutes after the rocket launched, its booster made its planned return to the ground and after momentarily hovering over the launchpad, it was spectacularly caught between two giant ...

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 ...

What Happened: Following separation from the rocket’s second stage, the booster that supported the Starlink mission landed back on Earth, enabling the company to reuse it for another mission.

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 on Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed following a thrilling booster catch back at the pad. Elon Musk’s company said Starship broke ...

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.

SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed following a thrilling booster catch back at the pad. Elon Musk's company said Starship ...