A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off on Monday night, sending four amateur astronauts on an unprecedented journey around Earth’s ...

This first light, as it's called, shows that all of the spacecraft's systems are working just as expected. "Based on the ...

Chun Wang, a Chinese-born crypto entrepreneur, paid an undisclosed amount for the mission. Some satellites are already in polar orbit, and researchers called it a routine flight.

A SpaceX spacecraft carrying four astronauts is on a pioneering journey circling Earth over its poles after launching Monday ...

The crew will observe Earth's polar regions 430 kilometers above the surface, allowing the Crew Dragon Resilience to travel ...

Besides the telescope, SpaceX's Falcon rocket provided a lift from Vandenberg Space Force Base for a quartet of NASA satellites called Punch. From their own separate polar orbit, the satellites ...

In 2023 Pulsar Fusion formed a partnership with US-based Princeton Satellite Systems to use artificial intelligence to design a hyper-fast space rocket, with the aim being to create a deep space ...

It retired the small rocket seen here in this 2022 file photo in favor of a larger Terran R design that aims to launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Launch Complex 16 by late 2026.

Another billionaire has entered the rocket race. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has provided "substantial financial backing" and has become the CEO of rocket startup Relativity Space, its outgoing ...

Eric Schmidt, who was the CEO of Google from 2001 to 2011, is now the CEO of rocket startup Relativity Space, a company spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch. Schmidt will be replacing Relativity ...

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is taking over as the CEO of Relativity Space, a 9-year-old rocket startup, a company spokesperson confirmed in a statement to TechCrunch. This is Schmidt’s first ...

Before then, Relativity stood out in the launch industry for seeking to 3D-print most of each rocket. The first Terran 1 reached space as a majority-printed vehicle but failed to reach orbit after ...