Just minutes after the rocket launched, its booster made its planned return to the ground and after momentarily hovering over the launchpad, it was spectacularly caught between two giant ...

Assembly of the Artemis II moon rocket has reached its latest milestone with the stacking of the twin boosters' right forward ...

That's not bad for the world's largest rocket, which dwarfs even the Apollo ... It did an encore by catching the huge Super Heavy first stage booster in a pair of steel chopsticks when it returned ...

Flawed rocket launches by SpaceX and Blue Origin still leave both companies in position to dominate the space sector.

A lot of hardware destined for space went to pieces this week, but to hear the rocket companies responsible ... nearly half of the Atlas boosters that lofted the Mercury astronauts into space ...

SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday (January 16, 2025), but the spacecraft was destroyed following a thrilling booster catch back at the pad. Elon Musk’s ...

as they successfully caught the first stage booster upon its return to Earth, but lost communications with the Starship as it broke up while heading into space. The more than 400-foot rocket ...

SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed following a thrilling booster catch back at the pad. Elon Musk’s company said Starship ...

The mishap happened on the same day the SpaceX rival Blue Origin, owned by Jeff Bezos, successfully launched its New Glenn rocket into orbit. Blue Origin lost New Glenn's booster during Thursday ...

The booster is a 232-foot-tall rocket equipped with 33 Raptor engines. However, the excitement of the booster catch quickly turned into disappointment as the test's successful trajectory took a u ...

SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed following a thrilling booster catch ... Arch "Beaver" Aplin III said.