In the race to conquer space during the Cold War, America’s first major attempt to launch a satellite ended in national embarrassment. The Vanguard rocket program, intended to showcase US ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 28. The Falcon 9 booster ...

America's first satellite would go on to circle ... whose tenacity righted the U.S. rocket program. It is impossible to know how the Space Race might have ended without his contributions.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is gearing up for Mars with its latest rocket launch after two disastrous launches. SpaceX is preparing to ...

Firefly's Alpha Rocket Fails in Space ... The Alpha mission was the first under an agreement between Firefly and Lockheed for up to 25 flights through 2029. The satellite was self-funded by ...