A recently emerged video shows testing of the Chinese GL-6 active protection system (APS), including against a drone-launched rocket-propelled grenade. High-angle top-down attacks are particularly ...

Here’s how it works. Rocket Lab launched five "Internet of Things" satellites on Saturday (Feb. 8). A 59-foot-tall (18 meters) Electron rocket carrying five spacecraft for the French company ...

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.

Stunning footage has captured the moment Thursday's failed SpaceX rocket launch lit up the skies above the Turks and Caicos islands. The impressive display, which saw dozens of burning chunks of ...

What happens now? The second stage of the rocket is now gliding through orbit, carrying the Blue Ring Pathfinder payload. In a short while, the rocket's upper stage will orient itself down towards ...

SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed following a thrilling booster catch back at the pad. Elon Musk’s company said Starship ...

Wendy Whitman Cobb is affiliated with the US School of Advanced Air and Space Studies. Her views are her own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Defense or any of its ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and officials from the Turks and Caicos Islands have launched probes into SpaceX's explosive Starship rocket test that sent ...

Blue Origin, the rocket company Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos founded, notched one of the most substantial successes in its history on Thursday: sending a rocket to orbit. The debut flight of New ...

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 ...

The Super Heavy booster successfully landed using the "chopsticks" mechanism before the unmanned rocket was apparently destroyed. SpaceX aims to utilize Starship for lunar missions with NASA and ...

The rocket’s inaugural mission had been delayed by several years but finally hit the skies at 2:03am local time today (6:03pm AEDT) after blasting off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in ...