The previous Starship demonstration on Jan. 16 ended in a fiery explosion after the Starship vehicle was lost during its suborbital flight. Mission controllers lost contact with the spacecraft ...

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Named after astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble, the telescope was the most advanced optical observatory ever placed in space. On June 21, 2004, SpaceShipOne became the first privately built manned ...

(Credit: @jamesbuchanan27/TMX) SPACEX ROCKET BLASTS OFF CARRYING INTUITIVE MACHINES' MOON LANDER Starship successfully launched on Thursday for its eighth suborbital flight test in Boca Chica ...

For the project, a revamped Delta spacecraft transforms into the Virgin Galactic to takeoff for its first suborbital trip in two years since the company’s last trip to space in June 2024.

Rather, the mock satellites will travel on a suborbital trajectory similar to that of the spacecraft, guaranteeing they will be discarded in the ocean, according the company. About one hour after ...

This is Rocket Lab's fifth launch of 2025, with another expected within the next few weeks. That mission, DART AE, will liftoff using the company's HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test ...

The New Shepard rocket, a 59-foot tall (18-meter) suborbital spacecraft, will carry the crew to the Kármán line, the internationally recognised boundary of space, Bezos-owned Blue Origin said in ...