The brand new rocket, United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur, lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41d at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Jan. 8, 2024, for its maiden voyage, carrying Astrobotic's Peregrine Lunar Lander.Chandan Khanna | AFP | Getty ImagesA new U.S. rocket reached...
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft launches from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Oct. 13, 2023.Chandan Khanna | AFP | Getty ImagesElon Musk's SpaceX smashed its previous annual record for orbital rocket launches, pulling off 96 successful missions in 2023 at a...
A visualization of laser links connecting Kuiper satellites in orbit around the Earth.AmazonAmazon will include a key speed-boosting technology in its coming Project Kuiper internet satellites, the company announced Thursday.Amazon says it tested the laser link tech successfully during its recent Protoflight mission. Traditionally, satellites are limited to sending...
A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket lifts off with a crew of six from Launch Site One in West Texas on Dec. 11, 2021.Joe Skipper | ReutersThe moment of the anomaly during the New Shepard cargo mission NS-23, in which the booster's engine failed.Blue OriginThe New Shepard rocket launches...
SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket is prepared for launch from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on an uncrewed test flight, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. November 15, 2023. Joe Skipper | ReutersSpaceX could attempt a key demonstration for NASA during the third test flight of its...
A Falcon 9 rocket launches a Starlink mission on January 31, 2023 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.SpaceXAmazon bought three rocket launches from SpaceX for its Project Kuiper internet satellites, the tech giant announced on Friday.The move is a surprise from Amazon, given the company's Kuiper system aims...
SpaceX launched its second Starship rocket flight on Saturday, with Elon Musk's company pushing development of the mammoth vehicle past new milestones.Lifting off around 8 a.m. ET from the company's facility in Texas, Starship flew for more than seven minutes, successfully separating from its booster before the rocket's onboard...
A rendering on a Dream Chaser spaceplane in orbit.Sierra SpaceSierra Space, one of the sector's most valuable private companies, laid off several hundred employees and contractors this week, CNBC has learned.A Sierra Space spokesperson confirmed the company let go of about 165 employees on Thursday, but declined to specify...
A Project Kuiper engineer conducts network testing as prototype satellites pass over McAllen, Texas.AmazonA little over a month after launch, Amazon on Thursday announced its pair of prototype internet satellites were fully successfully in operations and testing."We were able to validate everything and get all the data that we...
Starship launches for the first time on its Super Heavy booster from Texas on April 20, 2023.SpaceXSpaceX is pushing hard to launch the second spaceflight of its Starship rocket this week.CEO Elon Musk claimed the company will receive its federal launch license in the coming days, the final hurdle...