After the preschool years, kids still like cartoons, but they want something more complex than straightforward messages about friendship and sharing. They like a bit of conflict, some bad guys (who ...

California-based space company Rocket Lab will launch more hypersonic test vehicles for the U.S. Military, as the Department of Defense (DOD) continues to invest in hypersonic technology.

HELSINKI — A Chinese state-owned company performed a rocket flight aimed at testing reentry and landing burns late Saturday without announcing the outcome. The Longxing-2 test article lifted off ...

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A SpaceX Starship rocket broke up in space minutes after launching from Texas on Thursday, forcing airline flights over the Gulf of Mexico to alter course to avoid falling debris and setting back ...

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SpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded just minutes into its seventh test flight, an unexpected setback after the Elon Musk-led company had made steady progress advancing the vehicle’s capabilities.

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Welcome to Edition 7.27 of the Rocket Report! Thursday was an eventful day in super heavy lift launch, with Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket having a highly successful debut launch before dawn in ...

The Starship’s ‘rapid unscheduled disassembly’ caused a fiery re-entry display over the Turks and Caicos islands. The Starship’s ‘rapid unscheduled disassembly’ caused a fiery re-entry ...

The first flight of the Ariane 6, which succeeds the venerable, now-retired Ariane 5, notably experienced an issue with the rocket's upper stage that prevented it from performing a final deorbit burn.