In the 1990s, NASA sought to test and improve the space shuttle landing gear and braking systems. As a result, it initiated a program in which the Convair CV-990 Coronado was used as a Landing Systems ...

SpaceX managed to land the upper section of its Starship rocket intact in the Indian Ocean. Towing it to Australia, though, is proving even harder.

Starship spacecraft after a controlled landing in the Indian Ocean, providing engineers with new hardware access and flight ...

SpaceX launched the first test flight of its upgraded Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster Friday, with mostly positive results. The powerful rocket, propelled by 33 methane-fueled main engines, ...

Welcome to Edition 9.03 of the Rocket Report! SpaceX counted down all the way to T-0 on Thursday evening in South Texas before a handful of Raptor engines decided not to light at ignition of the ...

Five days after splashdown, the Starship remained afloat in the Indian Ocean. Credit: SpaceX After a successful full-duration flight test and landing system demonstration, SpaceX’s next-generation ...

7 p.m. update: Thursday’s aborted launch was the first ever to be canceled after Starship’s Raptor engines had ignited. The company has replaced engines in the past after problems during ground tests ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. After acing a flight test of its newest generation Starship super-capsule, SpaceX still has ...