Since its first launch in 2012 from French Guiana, Europe's Vega rocket system has been instrumental in helping put multiple satellites in low Earth orbit with only a single launch. The Vega-C rocket ...

SpaceX launch planned for the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation mission for the Italian Space Agency from its Falcon 9 rocket on ...

Italian rocket company Avio has signed a €40 million contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a reusable upper stage, a project already drawing skepticism from industry watchers.… The ...

Welcome to Edition 7.48 of the Rocket Report! The shock of last week’s public spat between President Donald Trump and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has worn off, and Musk expressed regret for some of his ...

BEIJING -- The large Chinese rocket that is out of control and set to reenter Earth's atmosphere this weekend has brought about an alarming but not unprecedented situation. Space debris has crashed ...

Northrop Grumman has successfully ground tested the motor that could be used for the historic first orbital rocket launch from another planet. The solid rocket booster is intended to help return the ...

SpaceX ultimately wants to recover every stage of a rocket, not just the first, and it may resort to some unusual tactics to make that happen. Elon Musk has claimed that his company will try to take ...

China’s first rocket recovery ship, Xingji Guihang (“Interstellar Return”), sails during its Aug. 5, 2025 launch ceremony in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province. Credit: iSpace HELSINKI — Chinese launch ...

Japan’s space mission onboard the H3 rocket on Monday suffered failure at the second stage after lift-off. It is the H3-24L ...

A large piece of suspected rocket debris was discovered on Sri Lanka's eastern coast, just days after ISRO launched its ...

Here's a brief rundown of 12 of 2025's most memorable mishaps. One caveat first, though: There is no shame in being on the ...