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 has been ordered to pause launches of its Starship rocket while the company and the Federal Aviation Administration probe the cause of an explosion shortly after lift-off in Texas on Thursday.

Unlike the Falcon 9 rocket, which has been used for years to carry satellites and astronauts to orbit with a partially reusable design, SpaceX says Starship will be fully reusable and will ...

The Blue Origin New Glenn rocket sits on the launch pad ahead of its maiden flight. Picture: Gregg Newton / AFP Slow v fast development Blue Origin has already secured a NASA contract to launch ...

The Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin sent its massive new rocket into space Thursday — and carried a prototype satellite into orbit thousands of miles above the Earth’s surface. The seven-engine ...

the space agency's successor to the Saturn V for sending astronauts to the moon. The biggest rocket of all, at approximately 400 feet (123 meters), is SpaceX's Starship. Musk said the seventh test ...

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 ...

Approval has been given for the first UK launch of a traditional "vertical" rocket. The critical clearance from the air safety regulator has taken the country a step closer to seeing its first ...

Jeff Bezos’ space company launched its massive new rocket for the first time, aiming to advance the Amazon founder’s lifelong space-exploration ambitions. Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket ...

An enormous Blue Origin rocket meant to challenge SpaceX in regularly deploying satellites and other cargo into orbit underwent its inaugural flight test Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral, Florida.