Rocket Lab plans to launch its Electron rocket from Virginia's Wallops Flight Facility at midnight, Dec.18. The mission will deliver four experimental disk-shaped satellites into orbit for the U.S.

For the second time this month, a Chinese rocket designed for reuse successfully soared into low-Earth orbit on its first flight Monday, defying the questionable odds that burden the debuts of new ...

The last full week of 2025 will be a busy one, with nine launches scheduled on the launch manifest. Of these, only one will launch from the United States — a single Falcon 9 mission from California.

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — The United Launch Alliance was preparing its Atlas V rocket to take up Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites on Wednesday night, but stood down due to weather ...

Benthaus is among six passengers selected to ride on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket, scheduled to get off the ground from West Texas on its 37th spaceflight. The passengers of NS-37 would join 80 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — As airline flights resume as normal, the FAA has also ended the restrictions to specific takeoff times for commercial space launches. The FAA issued an order to ...

A SpaceX test flight endangered several packed passenger jets when it unexpectedly exploded over the Caribbean earlier this year, according to newly-released documents from the Federal Aviation ...

The seventh-ever mission of Japan's H3 rocket did not go according to plan. The H3 launched from Tanegashima Space Center on Sunday (Dec. 21) at 8:51 p.m. EST (0151 GMT and 10:51 a.m. local Japan time ...

Liftoff of Innospace's Spaceward mission is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET today (Dec. 22). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Update for 5 ...

An Electron lifts off Dec. 21 carrying a radar imaging satellite for Japanese company iQPS. Credit: Rocket Lab WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab successfully launched a Japanese radar imaging satellite Dec. 21 ...

A Blue Origin rocket will soon launch carrying an unconventional passenger in a history-making moment made possible by a high-profile former employee of the company’s biggest rival. Michaela Benthaus, ...

Tory Bruno, a veteran engineer and aerospace industry executive, has resigned from the top job at United Launch Alliance after more than a decade competing against the growing dominance of SpaceX, the ...