A fire after landing, though, caused the booster to tumble and be destroyed ... a veteran of three space shuttle flights, were pulled from the mission. This is Hague’s third launch, although ...

SpaceX plans a middle-of-the-night Falcon 9 rocket launch early Wednesday, and it will already mark the 21st orbital launch of the year from Florida's Space ... landing legs — and the booster ...

Still, it is critical to the U.S. Space Force’s ... Like the shuttle, it is launched vertically with the aid of a rocket and uses a runway for landing. “The primary objectives of the X-37B ...

One noteworthy point: The company only stacked the Starship spacecraft atop the Super Heavy booster this morning ... be similar to the method NASA’s Space Shuttle used to unleash spacecraft.

These SpaceX photos show its Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon Endurance capsule as they stand atop the launch pad on March 11, ...

In addition, SpaceX sent 74 satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base on a rideshare ... It was the 13th landing for this booster and the 400th for a Falcon 9 first stage overall, according ...

Firefly Aerospace’s robotic vehicle became the second privately built spacecraft to make a soft landing ... booster successfully returned to the launchpad, the upper-stage spacecraft failed in ...

Blue Origin's goal is to reach orbit, and the company will also try to land its booster on a barge ... of Firefly Aerospace's moon landing attempt, competitor space company Intuitive Machines ...