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Rocket Lab has set a new personal best for annual launch cadence, using its latest Electron flight to loft a quartet of ...

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. (WAVY) — Some Hampton Roads residents might be able to catch a glimpse of a rocket launch early Thursday morning. According to the Wallops Flight Facility, a sounding rocket ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: ESA/ESRANGE/Lars Thulin A suborbital rocket is set to help scientists take the next step ...

From the tragedy of the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 to the now-routine return of commercial spacecraft, heat shields—formally called thermal protection systems—are critical for protecting ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A rocket crashed back to Earth shortly after liftoff Monday in the first launch accident for Jeff Bezos’ space travel company, but the capsule carrying experiments managed ...

Students watched the spacecraft carrying their experiment explode. — -- Four Tennessee students had the thrill of watching their science experiment being launched into space on board SpaceX's ...

Just when you thought the northern lights couldn’t get any more stunning, along comes NASA to crank that dial to an 11. The space agency blasted three sounding rockets above central and northern ...

A suborbital rocket is set to help scientists take the next step in various realms of research with a launch from northern Sweden. The launch window for the SubOrbital Express-4 mission — which will ...