The rocket's first stage returned to Earth 7.5 minutes after launch as planned, making a vertical, powered touchdown back at Vandenberg. It was the 13th landing for this particular booster and the ...

The sea-based landing platform for Neutron rockets returning to Earth will support greater space access for national security missions, civil space exploration, and commercial satellite ...

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has signed one of its largest Electron launch ...

That programme, already facing environmental pushback, allows around 20 controlled rocket landings in Bahamian waters, the first of which took place successfully in Exuma Sound last month.

But after the first-stage booster successfully landed atop a SpaceX drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean, a fire in the aft end of the rocket damaged one of the landing legs — and the booster tipped ...

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Seven minutes after Starship Flight 8 was launched from the SpaceX Starbase site in South Texas, the rocket exploded. This news was confirmed by CNN. Starship Flight 8 experienced "rapid ...

It was launched on the same SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that sent Blue Ghost to the moon.Credit...ispace, via Associated Press After two landings four days apart — Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost on ...

So, will Starship Flight 8 actually launch on time? Rocket launches seldom happen right on the dot, so, if you tune in a bit late, you probably won't miss anything. "As is the case with all ...

The landing legs stuck up in the air and the melted body of the rocket hung off the side of the drone ship — making the first-stage booster nearly unrecognizable to casual observers. The only ...