2024 set spaceflight records for the fourth consecutive year with 259 launches worldwide and one launch attempt roughly every ...

At the same time, NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured the launch in a long exposure from the International Space Station (ISS) some 250 miles above Earth. The result is a rocket-launch photo unlike ...

For the first time, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has put a payload in orbit using its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket.

Sea-based launches are hitting their stride. That could lead to a lot more space missions with a lot less red tape.

Residents were treated to a spectacle in the sky when a SpaceX rocket was seen over Bermuda on Tuesday evening. SpaceX Falcon ...

But a launch shortly after sunset Tuesday meant the rocket’s plume, some 50 or more miles above the ground, was high enough to be bathed in sunlight. The result? A diaphanous glowing tendril ...

Starships are expected to launch thousands of Starlinks after the rocket is operational. Among the other upgrades were smaller stabilizing fins, repositioned to reduce their exposure to re-entry ...

SpaceX wrapped up 2024 with a record 138 rocket launches, including test flights of its Starship mega-rocket. Although SpaceX lost its second stage this time, in the company's first test flight of ...