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Funding will support Interstellar Technologies as it develops a reusable, orbital class launch vehicle.

Both sides in the growing conflict have deployed drones but are using them in different ways—and with different results.

First flight for paying customers comes as Blue Origin’s New Shepard remains sidelined.

Is it NASA’s Space Launch System, or SpaceX’s Starship? The answer depends on more than just total thrust.

Finally, after more than a decade of planning, designing, building, and testing, NASA’s Artemis I rocket, dubbed Space Launch System (SLS), began rolling out of its gigantic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) Thursday at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. Destination: Launch Pad Complex 39B.

The FAA held the first of two virtual public hearings regarding the development of SpaceX’s Starship and Super Heavy launches in Boca Chica, Texas. Dozens of attendees spoke during the public comment session, many of whom displayed their support for Elon Musk’s ambitious projects. The meeting focused on SpaceX’s Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA), a […]

Firefly Aerospace said this week that an engine failure precipitated the detonation that caused the company’s Alpha rocket to explode late last week during its inaugural launch. “About 15 seconds into the flight, engine 2 [there are four Reaver engines on the first stage] shut down,” the company said in a statement on Twitter. “It […]

The inaugural test flight of Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket on Thursday ended abruptly as it exploded over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. In a statement posted to Twitter on Thursday, the company said “an anomaly” occurred about 2 minutes after the unmanned aircraft’s 6:59 p.m. takeoff from the Vandenberg Space Force Base, […]