The Ariane 5 rocket flew its last mission in June, leaving Europe without a heavy-lift vehicle to carry spacecraft to orbit. Its operator, Arianespace, is working on the rocket’s successor, the Ariane ...

If successful, Space One will be first Japanese private launch company to reach orbit. The Kairos rocket will launch from ...

A pair of NASA spacecraft know as the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) to be launched to Mars by a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket. ESCAPADE will study how the "solar wind ...

Twenty days after it rolled out to Blue Origin’s launch site in Florida, the second stage of the massive New Glenn rocket underwent a successful hot-fire test on Monday. The second stage—known as GS2 ...

Since its first launch in 2012 from French Guiana, Europe's Vega rocket system has been instrumental in helping put multiple satellites in low Earth orbit with only a single launch. The Vega-C rocket ...

Both stages of the megarocket exploded during the 8-minute mission, but not before the successful implementation of a novel hot-staging maneuver. Reading time 4 minutes SpaceX’s latest test flight of ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Monday said SpaceX must investigate why the second stage of its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket malfunctioned after a NASA ...

What seemed like a quiet morning at Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 8 quickly turned eventful -- as Blue Origin suddenly rolled out the booster for its upcoming launch from the Cape. The 188-foot first ...