Florida's Space Coast — home of NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station — is the reigning rocket launch capital of the world. Last year saw a new annual record of ...

Why does a rocket have to go 25,000 mph (about 40,000 kilometers per hour) to escape Earth? – Bo H., age 10, Durham, New Hampshire There’s a reason why a rocket has to go so fast to escape Earth.

Rocket Lab's soaring stock price makes it a tempting opportunity for investors curious about the space economy. While the business is still relatively small, industry analysts are expecting ...

Welcome to Edition 7.26 of the Rocket Report! Let's pause and reflect on how far the rocket business has come in the last 10 years. On this date in 2015, SpaceX made the first attempt to land a ...

Toyota’s mobility subsidiary will invest $44.3 million into a Japanese rocket company. Interstellar Technologies (IST) is slated to receive Woven by Toyota’s multimillion-dollar investment "by ...

COCOA BEACH, Fla.—As it so often does in the final days before the debut of a new rocket, it all comes down to weather. Accordingly, Blue Origin is only awaiting clear skies and fair seas for ...

Who's ready for a late-night rocket launch? Weather permitting, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will lift the first of two next-generation Airbus-built satellites into orbit to provide communications for ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.— Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight Thursday, sending up a prototype satellite to orbit thousands of miles above Earth. Named after the ...

Cape Canaveral, Fla. — Blue Origin called off the debut launch of its massive new rocket early Monday because of technical trouble. The 320-foot New Glenn rocket was supposed to blast off before ...

If New Glenn lifts off on Monday as planned, the Amazon founder’s rocket company will be on track to give Elon Musk’s SpaceX some genuine competition. By Kenneth Chang Kenneth Chang first ...

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket, the New Glenn, lifted off successfully from Florida early Thursday after it’s first launch attempt was scrubbed Wednesday. This flight is Bezos' attempt to get ...

Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn heavy lift rocket into orbit for the first time early on Thursday, notching a key milestone for the company that could ...