WASHINGTON, April 11 (Xinhua) -- The world's most powerful operational rocket completed its first commercial launch on Thursday, bringing a Saudi Arabian telecommunications satellite into the orbit. The Falcon Heavy, developed by the private U.S. space flight company SpaceX, blasted off from the...
Randy Walden, director of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, said the many firsts on this mission make Thursday's launch "a milestone" for the X-37B program. About eight minutes after Thursday's takeoff, the Falcon 9 rocket's first stage successfully touched down on a landing pad at...
The company made a first go at getting this launch off the ground on Monday, but a pressure valve in the Super Heavy booster apparently froze. SpaceX teams worked to resolve a number of unidentified issues to make a second attempt possible Thursday. SpaceX leadership repeatedly stressed the ex...
SpaceX called off an attempted launch of its Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday morning due to strong high-altitude winds. The launch, initially targeted for Saturday, Feb. 17, was initially delayed for 24 hours due to final checks, and then subsequently to no earlier than Feb. 21, because of addit...
SpaceX has announced when it will hold the next test of its Starship rocket. Itwill be the third test flight of the vehicle to date. The launch aims to send the vehicle, consisting of the Super Heavy booster and the Starship spacecraft, on a new trajectory, with a splashdown in the In...
SpaceX’s Starship, the most powerful launch vehicle ever built launched Thursday and achieved key objectives laid out for its fourth test flight that demonstrated the vehicle’s reusability. The highly anticipated event was the company’s second uncrewed...
SpaceX’s Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, took off from a launch pad on the coast of South Texas on Thursday morning. The uncrewed rocket exploded midair shortly after liftoff — but SpaceX is still celebrating the test. “With a test like this, success comes from what...
The SpaceIL project will be the first of those designs to launch, and Israel now has a shot at becoming the fourth country to land a robotic probe on the moon — after the former Soviet Union, the United States and China. Roughly 30 minutes after the Falcon 9 lifts off, Beresheet will...
SpaceX on Thursday launched a rocket containing the first 60 satellites of its "Starlink" constellation, which is intended to provide internet from space and could one day number 12,000 satellites. One of the company's Falcon 9 rockets took off without incident from Cape Canaveral in Florida ...
SpaceX delays seventh launch of Starship megarocket SpaceX has announced a delay to the seventh flight test of the Starship, the world's most powerful rocket. Trevor Mogg January 12 How to watch SpaceX’s seventh Starship launch on Thursday ...