The Alpha rocket will launch Lockheed Martin’s LM 400 spacecraft from Vandenberg Space Force Base, with the 52-minute launch window opening at 6:25 am PT (14:25 UTC). Lockheed is self-funding the ...

Payload Space predicted that in 2024, both these numbers would grow substantially. SpaceX would grow its sales more than 50%, to $13.3 billion. SpaceX's earnings would rocket as well, rising 50% ...

The 184-foot-tall (56-meter) rocket lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 11:24 am EST (16:24 UTC). Twin solid-fueled boosters and a hydrogen-fueled core stage engine powered the Ariane 6 through ...

Update: Delayed again. Now targeting Friday, March 7 for launch and March 6 for prelaunch news briefing. NASA and SpaceX are ...

The design was a single-stage-to-orbit rocket powered by engines that were never fully specified, but more than capable of lifting a total of 500 tons to low-Earth orbit. A massive payload that ...

Here’s how it works. Rocket Lab launched five "Internet of Things" satellites on Saturday (Feb. 8). A 59-foot-tall (18 meters) Electron rocket carrying five spacecraft for the French company ...

A massive chunk of a Blue Origin rocket’s nose cone washed up on the ... The nose cone, or payload fairing, is designed to shield satellites during launch and break away from the vehicle after ...