Sea-based launches are hitting their stride. That could lead to a lot more space missions with a lot less red tape.

(This story has been updated after the Federal Aviation Administration reported the rocket will lift off from NASA's Kennedy ... landing aboard a SpaceX drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

Elon Musk said a leak above the ship's engine firewall may ... The more than 400-foot rocket, powered by 33 Raptor engines, appeared to lift off successfully at 4:37 p.m. CT from SpaceX's ...

This weekly newsletter on rockets provides definitive coverage of the global launch industry. The big news this week is the New Glenn and Starship missions.

SpaceX's mega rocket Starship launches for a test flight ... but we are obviously bummed out about ship,” said SpaceX spokesman Dan Huot. “It’s a flight test. It’s an experimental vehicle ...

After another slight delay of less than an hour, the Falcon 9 finally blasted off at 2:18 p.m. from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40. The rocket flew ... of Gravitas drone ship, which was ...

For the first time, Blue Origin put its New Shepard suborbital rocket ship through a couple of minutes' worth of moon-level ...