HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — NASA and industry engineers have successfully completed the first drop test of a drogue parachute for the Ares I rocket. The drogue parachute is designed to slow the rapid descent ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University’s Asfaloth-2025 research rocket took off Saturday to advance ...

China’s Long March-3B rocket launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in September 2019, carrying two satellites of BeiDou Navigation Satellite System. Photo: Wang Xin (AP) In an effort to ...

New Zealand’s Rocket Lab successfully launched argo of 30 cube satellites into a 500 km wide arc in low Earth orbit during its sixth mission of the year on Thursday. More importantly, this launch ...

In the world of drones and hobby rockets, Niklas Bommersbach is making waves with his innovative safety system. Bommersbach has designed a system that detects critical flight behavior in drones, ...

A new parachute system could reduce the risk posed by Chinese satellite launches from inland spaceports. Earlier this month, the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) published footage of ...

Rocket Lab successfully deployed seven satellites into space following its latest mission on Tuesday. Part of the Electron rocket parachuted into the Pacific Ocean and was recovered by a boat. It will ...

Welcome to Edition 8.15 of the Rocket Report! This year has been, at best, one of mixed results for SpaceX’s Starship program ...

In 1948, the Cold War intensifies as Stalin blockades Berlin, triggering a dramatic US-led Airlift to save West Berlin.

We’re delighted to see the progress on [Foaly]’s 3D-printed Cortex 2 rocket, and the latest build log is full of beautiful pictures and design details. Not only is this rocket jam-packed with an ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The booster rocket used in a test flight was badly dented when it fell into the Atlantic Ocean because of a deflated parachute, NASA said Thursday. The new Ares I-X — the ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — NASA and industry engineers successfully completed the second drop test of a drogue parachute for the Ares I rocket. The test took place Feb. 28 at the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving ...