NASA orders yet another delay for Boeing's hard-luck Starliner
Plans to launch Boeing's oft-delayed Starliner spacecraft on its first crewed test flight Saturday w...
William Harwood
22/05/2024
Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic launches 4 space tourists to the edge of space and back
Virgin Galactic's winged rocketplane carried a two-man crew and four passengers to the edge of space...
William Harwood
27/01/2024
Virgin Galactic launches fifth commercial flight to sub-orbital space and back
Planetary scientist Alan Stern, who spearheaded NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto, enjoyed a spac...
William Harwood
03/11/2023
Virgin Galactic launches its first space tourist flight, stepping up commercial operations
Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic picked up the pace in the space tourism marketplace with the launc...
William Harwood
11/08/2023
SpaceX launches powerful Indonesian communications satellite
SpaceX launched a powerful Indonesian communications satellite Sunday, the linchpin in a $550 millio...
William Harwood
19/06/2023
Rocket Lab launches two small NASA satellites to monitor tropical storms
Rocket Lab launched two toaster-size satellites for NASA on Sunday, the first of four "cubesats" des...
William Harwood
08/05/2023
SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches powerful ViaSat internet relay satellite
After multiple delays for weather and technical issues, SpaceX finally launched a Falcon Heavy rocke...
William Harwood
01/05/2023
SpaceX launches Intelsat relay station carrying NASA air pollution monitor
Lighting up the overnight sky, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaked into orbit early Friday carrying an...
William Harwood
07/04/2023
3D-printed rocket blasts off, withstands rigors of launch but fails to reach orbit
A new rocket, the world's first made up of mostly 3D-printed components and fueled by liquid natural...
William Harwood
23/03/2023
Rocket Lab launches two radar imaging satellites from Virgina's Eastern Shore
A Rocket Lab Electron booster blasted off from Virginia's Eastern Shore on Thursday evening, boostin...
William Harwood
17/03/2023
SpaceX follows Crew Dragon launch scrub with successful Starlink flight
While working to fix a problem that derailed an attempt to launch a four-man crew to the Internation...
William Harwood
28/02/2023
SpaceX launch doubleheader puts 51 Starlinks and Inmarsat relay station into orbit
SpaceX launched Falcon 9 rockets from both coasts Friday, firing off 51 of the company's Starlink in...
William Harwood
18/02/2023
SpaceX launches high-power Spanish communications satellite
SpaceX launched a high-power Spanish communications satellite Monday that will serve government and ...
William Harwood
07/02/2023
Rocket Lab launches 3 satellites in first mission from U.S. soil
A Rocket Lab Electron booster blasted off from Virginia's Eastern Shore Tuesday, propelling three ra...
William Harwood
25/01/2023
Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket suffers in-flight failure in Britain's first orbital flight
Virgin Orbit launched nine small satellites atop a rocket dropped from a 747 jumbo jet south of Irel...
William Harwood
10/01/2023
SpaceX launches low-cost "rideshare" mission putting 40 payloads in orbit
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket boosted 40 payloads into orbit Friday on the company's fourth "rideshare" m...
William Harwood
02/04/2022
Inspiration4 crew returns to Earth after historic flight
The Inspiration4 crew wrapped up the first all-civilian privately-funded trip to orbit and plunged b...
William Harwood
19/09/2021
First privately-funded trip to orbit going well, but details few and far between
The first all-civilian, privately-funded crew to reach orbit came through their initial hours in the...
William Harwood
17/09/2021
First all-civilian flight to orbit blazes new trail for charity with this week's SpaceX launch
An all-civilian, non-astronaut crew, including a childhood cancer survivor, is ready for blastoff th...
William Harwood
16/09/2021
Richard Branson sells $300 million in Virgin Galactic stock after rocket ride
Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson sold more than 10 million shares of his space-tourism compan...
Khristopher J
14/08/2021