Despite meeting 10 out of 11 objectives during the trial, the rocket encountered issues in its final phase, leading to a crash.
Called the X-33, it was based on a concept called SSTO — or “single stage to orbit.” SSTO does away with the rocket stages of conventional space flight — where rockets containing engines ...
China's Deep Blue Aerospace said on Sunday its first-of-its-kind reusable kerosene-fuelled rocket, Nebula-1, failed to complete a high-altitude vertical recovery test flight in the country's northern ...
Wednesday’s incident involved the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket — or the bottommost portion that gives the first burst of power at liftoff — which failed to land upright on a seafaring ...
Blue Origin plans to enter the final phase of its launch preparations for the New Glenn rocket on Monday by rolling the vehicle's second stage to Launch Complex 36 in Florida. Pending weather and ...
The rocket's developer, the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), says the rocket is a modified version of the ...
SpaceX launched more Starlink satellites via a Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday morning, but lost a first-stage booster in the process when it toppled over into the Atlantic Ocean and caught fire.
But there were some issues in Florida when the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket toppled over after landing at sea. CBS News senior national correspondent Mark Strassmann has more. TechCrunch ...
Called the X-33, it was based on a concept called SSTO — or “single stage to orbit.” SSTO does away with the rocket stages of conventional space flight — where rockets containing engines and fuel and ...