(Updates with the latest information) SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is ... high up in the atmosphere. Once the booster landed, enough oxygen seeped in, causing the fire to break out.

In the aerobraking maneuver, X-37B used the drag caused by Earth's atmosphere to change its ... space plane had launched atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket to a highly elliptical (flattened ...

SpaceX is reviewing data from the recent incidents to improve the reliability of future Falcon 9 flights. (Updates with the latest information) SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket ... atmosphere. Once the ...

The rocket will return ... SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 with a classified NRO payload on the NROL-57 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily ...

In 2024, officials expected Florida's Space Coast — home of NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station — to break the ... atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket at 12: ...

While the Super Heavy rocket booster separated and descended ... “and the only alternative has been Space X” with its Falcon rockets. While Ariane 6 will be a game changer, providing Europe ...

After the second loss of Starship was visible in Florida skies, new questions are being raised about the powerful launch system coming to Florida.

the Ship (the rocket's upper stage) lost engine power and tumbled out of control. This caused it to smack back into the atmosphere as it flew over the Gulf of America, also recognized as the Gulf ...

Heavy Lift to ... Mars orbit requires a rocket-propelled velocity change (known as delta-V) of 3.8 km/s. However, it would only need a delta-V of about 0.3 km/s to come down and land — because it can ...

The pros and cons of the approach have never been more apparent when it comes to its heavy lift vehicle ... Through the company's workhorse Falcon 9 rocket, SpaceX has already demonstrated ...

Athena's travels began on Feb. 26 with a launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida ... understand water availability. Water is heavy and expensive to transport through space, so future ...