we can confirm we did lose the ship. "It looks like we lost contact a little under eight and a half minutes into the flight." Image: SpaceX's rocket made the test flight from a launch site in Boca ...

Credit: OroraTech WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab announced Jan. 22 a contract to launch a set of wildfire-monitoring satellites for German company OroraTech on a short turnaround. Rocket Lab said it ...

The Navy says it will name a landing ship after the late Maj. Megan McClung, the first woman U.S. Marine to be killed during the Iraq War in 2006. McClung, who trained at Camp Pendleton ...

Rocket Lab launched 16 rockets in 2024, 60% more than the 10 it launched in 2023. Rival SpaceX launched far more rockets -- 138 -- but its growth rate from 2023 was slower. Fully-loaded Rocket Lab ...

As refurbishment continues on the Astro Orbiter in Magic Kingdom, the planets and rocket ship vehicles have all been removed. The planets and rocket ship vehicles typically attached to the structure ...

HELSINKI — A Chinese state-owned company performed a rocket flight aimed at testing reentry and landing burns late Saturday without announcing the outcome. The Longxing-2 test article lifted off ...

Crews lost contact with the Starship, with the company’s livestream host confirming: “At this point in time, we can confirm we did lose the ship”. The rocket was supposed to soar across The ...

we can confirm we did lose the ship.” “It looks like we lost contact a little under eight and a half minutes into the flight.” The last data received from Starship indicated the rocket had ...

which licenses commercial rocket launches. While SpaceX said initial data indicates a fire developed in the aft section of the ship, Musk said on X that next month's eighth Starship flight is ...

Meanwhile, SpaceX successfully guided its Super Heavy rocket booster back to its launch site — but lost the Starship craft it launched in space. Both rockets are designed to ship heavy payloads ...

open image in gallery SpaceX’s fully-stacked Starship rocket sits on the launchpad at the firm’s Starbase facility in Texas on 16 January, 2025 (The Associated Press) SpaceX said the craft was ...

Starship has a "flight termination system" which causes the rocket to explode if it veers off course. The breaking apart of the ship ensures that large chunks of the spacecraft don't pose threats ...