Rocket system launch program flexseal. This program converts surplus Minuteman II second-stage motors into first-stage suborbital launch boosters by modifying the fixed nozzle system so that it uses a ...

Welcome to Edition 8.41 of the Rocket Report! The stories of the world’s two most powerful rockets are now intertwined. Hardware for NASA’s third Space Launch System rocket is coming together at ...

Framegrab from a Cosmoleap animation detailing its rocket and launch and recovery tower plans. Credit: Cosmoleap HELSINKI — Chinese launch startup Cosmoleap has secured significant funding for its ...

A New Glenn rocket stands ready at the launchpad in April 2026, a month before disaster would strike. AP Photo/John Raoux During an evening test fire on May 28, 2026, a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket ...

SpaceX will fly an extensively upgraded Starship next week that will – if it launches successfully – break records as the tallest and most powerful rocket in history. The flight will be watched keenly ...

Welcome to Edition 8.44 of the Rocket Report! The news this week is decidedly weighted in favor of heavy-lift rockets, largely due to the fallout from last Thursday’s explosion of Blue Origin’s New ...

Rocket explosion recap: Scroll down to review live updates from the Thursday, May 28, explosion of a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Original story: A Blue Origin ...

Booster returned vertically to an offshore platform about six minutes after stage separation, CCTV reported Test marked China's first successful retrieval of an orbital-class rocket, state media said ...

BEIJING, July 10 (Reuters) - China on Friday successfully tested an experimental rocket retrieval system using a net attached to a sea platform, state media reported, in the hope of breaking U.S.