FALCON HEAVY LAUNCH

Are arch rivals Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos becoming friends? In a rare bonhomie, SpaceX's Elon Musk and Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos exchanged praise and humour after their latest space missions. Both Musk and Bezos have been at loggerheads for years and ...

An initial test launch of the towering 320-foot (98-meter) rocket, dubbed New Glenn in honor of legendary American astronaut John Glenn, was scrubbed early Monday morning after repeated halts during the countdown. The company later said it had disco...

New Glenn, a new rocket built by Blue Origin, is set for its debut launch on Monday. If successful, it could position the company as a credible competitor to SpaceX. The launch, occurring late at night, aims to send a prototype vehicle to orbit whil...

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket is set for its inaugural launch from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, marking a pivotal moment for the company. Designed to compete with SpaceX, the rocket promises to carry larger payloads into orbit at c...

Blue Origin, the space company founded by Amazon magnate Jeff Bezos, is preparing to launch its inaugural orbital rocket, New Glenn, next week. This milestone is also expected to escalate the rivalry between Bezos, the world’s second-richest person,...

The NG-1 mission will carry a prototype of Blue Ring, a Defense Department-funded spacecraft envisioned as a versatile satellite deployment platform, which will remain on board the rocket's second stage for the six-hour test flight. It will mark Blu...

SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, announced that its upcoming Starship flight will showcase the rocket's initial attempt to deploy payloads by releasing 10 model Starlink satellites in space. This test is crucial for demonstrating Starship’s capabilities in...

In 2025, space exploration heats up with Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launching New Glenn and Project Kuiper satellites, while SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, pushes forward with 25 Starship launches. Trump's return could disrupt NASA's space plans, potentiall...

The plan to set up Maiaspace was announced in December 2021 by then French Finance Minister Bruno Lemaire who voiced ambitions to build "our own SpaceX and our own Falcon 9." The effort to make Europe more competitive comes a decade after major Euro...

Scientists warn that the sonic booms from SpaceX's Starship rocket are powerful enough to damage buildings and property.

India will launch its largest communication satellite, Gsat-20, using SpaceX's Falcon-9 rocket. The satellite, weighing 4,700 kg, exceeds the capacity of India's current launch vehicle. SpaceX was chosen due to the unavailability of Arianespace and ...

NASA has successfully launched Europa Clipper which will be exploring Europa, the icy moon of Jupiter in search for any traces of alien life.

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, set to launch on October 10, will embark on a $5 billion mission to explore Jupiter’s moon, Europa. With its launch window open for only three weeks, missing it would delay the mission by over a year. Equipped with ...

SpaceX's Starship rocket is set for a fourth test flight to survive a hot re-entry through Earth's atmosphere. The two-stage rocket, nearly 400 feet tall, aims to revolutionize satellite launches and astronaut missions, including NASA's moon landing...

Starship, SpaceX's massive prototype rocket that may one day send humans to Mars, is poised for its next flight on Thursday. Its Falcon 9 rockets have come to be workhorses for NASA and the commercial sector, its Dragon capsule sends astronauts and ...

Starship, the world's most powerful rocket, is set for its next test flight on June 5, SpaceX announced on Friday. Its Super Heavy booster produces 16.7 million pounds (74.3 Meganewtons) of thrust, almost double that of the world's second most power...

Chinese Jielong-3 rocket successfully launches, delivering nine satellites into orbit. Geely Holding Group also launches 11 satellites to enhance autonomous vehicle navigation. CAS Space develops powerful Lijian-1 rocket capable of sending a 1,500 k...

SpaceX achieved a groundbreaking feat by launching Falcon Heavy and Falcon 9 rockets concurrently from two stations. The Falcon Heavy, powered by 27 Merlin engines, carried an undisclosed X-37B spaceplane for a classified military mission, marking S...

The U.S. military's secretive X-37B robot spaceplane embarked on its seventh mission, launched atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida's Kennedy Space Center. This marked the first time the X-37B was launched aboard a Falcon Heavy, capable of...