Reusable rockets have reshaped the economics of spaceflight by dramatically reducing the cost of launching payloads into orbit. Traditional rockets were single-use vehicles that burned up or crashed ...
The next rocket launch from Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for late Sunday night, when SpaceX plans to send a communications satellite into orbit aboard its reusable Falcon 9 rocket.
The Cape Canaveral site is where John Glenn launched to orbit. Now it will host Stoke Space's Nova rocket; an effort toward ...
Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn rocket on a mission carrying twin NASA spacecraft bound for Mars, marking the company’s first operational flight for the space agency. The launch took ...
Pittsburgh aerospace startup Astrobotic just landed $17.5 million in government contracts to advance reusable rockets. Using Small Business Innovation Research grants — two from NASA and one from the ...
SpaceX has long been at the front of US space operations, but now a new company has unveiled a hypersonic rocket that could set the new standard.
Beijing suffered yet another disappointment as the first stage of Long March 12A—China's first state-owned reusable rocket—could not be successfully recovered after launch. The second stage of the ...
Bridenstine commended the chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), ...
Last year delivered doses of drama and excitement in the space business, with a record number of launches, breathtaking vistas of other worlds, and a multitude of breakthroughs and setbacks. 2026 is ...
The continent builds world-class satellites but lacks the launch power to send them into orbit. Now policymakers are looking to private companies ...