The unmanned Spectrum rocket, an orbital rocket developed by German start-up Isar Aerospace, crashed and exploded 40 seconds ...

The spaceplane will take off using a rocket-powered rail sled ... between flights – which is long compared to a regular plane, but not bad for a vehicle taking you to space.

Fortunately, they had a head start in a rocket-powered airplane built by XCOR Aerospace. Based in Mojave, California (like Scaled Composites), XCOR was working on a suborbital spaceship of its own ...

And while the odds of an out-of-control rocket colliding with an aircraft are low, the outcome could be catastrophic. In a study published in Scientific Reports on Jan. 23, Ewan Wright ...

The US Space Force first demonstrated this tactically responsive capability with a launch on Firefly's Alpha rocket in 2023. As part of this "Victus Nox" test flight, a satellite was encapsulated into ...

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has debuted an advanced large solid rocket motor to power the company’s air-launched, ...