As Elon Musk's SpaceX prepares to bring Starship to Florida, the company faces a critical flight test later in May in Texas.

The practice began in 1920s Western variety shows and spread to city speakeasies, but it faces increased scrutiny today—and pressure from conservation groups to make races safer for the reptiles. In ...

Indian startup Rocket is betting that the next big opportunity is the part before vibe coding: having AI help people decide what to build. It has launched a platform that produces consulting-style ...

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On Wednesday, four astronauts are scheduled to launch on a trip around the moon — the first such mission in more than 50 years. Images show NASA's long road to this point. For the first time in more ...

With an end-of-week green light from the FDA, Rocket Pharmaceuticals has officially broken into commercial orbit. Still, the company is taking a more measured approach for the launch of its new gene ...

Space propulsion company Pulsar Fusion has achieved “first plasma” in its Sunbird nuclear fusion rocket, designed to propel rockets faster than any object has ever traveled. Reading time 2 minutes ...

NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the Artemis 2 mission stands at 322 feet tall. The SLS is NASA's most powerful rocket, generating 8.8 million pounds of thrust. While massive, the SLS is ...

Rocket Lab has signed its biggest launch contract to date, raking in $190 million from the U.S. Department of Defense. The deal is for a total of 20 flights of Rocket Lab's HASTE (Hypersonic ...

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WASHINGTON — The failure of a propellant tank during testing in January will delay the first launch of Rocket Lab’s Neutron rocket to at least the fourth quarter of this year. In a Feb. 26 earnings ...