Ever wonder why space launch vehicles are called rockets? Learn the origin of the term and how it came to define modern space ...
Space launches are increasing and the rockets are getting bigger. But there can be some major environmental consequences when things don't go to plan.
Blue Origin's New Glenn exploded during a test. See a history of major rocket incidents at the Space Coast.
On May 22, 2012, SpaceX launched the first commercial flight to the International Space Station. [‘On This Day in Space’ ...
On May 31, 1990, the Soviet Union launched a new module to the Mir space station. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] The new component was named Kristall, and it was the third addition ...
People in Central Florida who slept in Saturday morning may have received a sonic boom wakeup call. SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 ...
On the morning of November 15, 1988, a Soviet spacecraft named Buran lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, ...