A Chinese Long March 2B rocket's booster was outfitted with a parachute for a launch. The system provides controlled landing ...

SpaceX has taken a major step toward its eighth Starship launch by successfully conducting static test fires of its Super Heavy booster and Starship "Ship" in preparation for the upcoming mission. In ...

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 ...

R-37M missile weighs approximately 510 kilograms and has a length of over 4 meters, carrying a 60-kilogram warhead. The R-37M ...

Some rocket launches have an added bonus: The SpaceX boosters return to a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean or, occasionally, to the company's landing zone at Cape Canaveral. If a booster returns ...

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 ...

Jan. 24 (UPI) --Assembly of the Artemis II moon rocket has reached its latest milestone with the stacking of the twin boosters' right forward center segment, NASA announced Friday. The most recent ...

SpaceX's huge Starship spaceship exploded, although its Super Heavy rocket booster successfully returned to a platform on Earth. "@elonmusk Kudos to you and the whole SpaceX team on the flawless ...

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.

including test flights of its Starship mega-rocket. Although SpaceX lost its second stage this time, in the company's first test flight of 2025, Starship's Super Heavy booster successfully ...

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 ...

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 ...