Vandenberg Space Force Base is expanding its research to better understand and reduce sonic booms that impact nearby communities.

SpaceX is targeting a four-hour window Wednesday, Jan. 14, to launch a Falcon 9 carrying 29 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit from Florida.

Rockets rarely blast straight upward and keep going in that direction. Instead, most orbital launches curve eastward, leaning into the spin of the planet to squeeze out every bit of free speed they can get. The choice of direction is not a stylistic ...

An Indian rocket hit a snag during its launch Monday, forcing a deviation in flight path as it carried an Earth observation satellite and commercial payloads, the country's space agency said.

SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket Saturday, Dec. 27 from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base. The mission will deliver an Earth observation satellite, CSG-3, into orbit for the Italian Space Agency. The rocket launch may be visible from ...

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. Space Force. While the NASA Wallops Visitor Center will ...

The history of the rocket stretches back far longer than most people realize. Long before spaceflight, early civilizations experimented with gunpowder‑powered projectiles, discovering—sometimes accidentally—the basic principles that would one day send machines beyond Earth. These humble beginnings laid the groundwork for centuries of innovation.