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A Falcon 9 SpaceX heavy rocket lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. The Falcon Heavy, has three first-stage boosters, strapped together with 27 engines in all.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launched, puts sports car in space

With liftoff, the Heavy became the most powerful rocket in use today, doubling the liftoff punch of its closest...

7 Feb 2018 3:33 AM GMT

The balls were 40kg pieces of the rocket used to hold reaction control system propellant or tank pressure gases. (Photo: Pixabay)

Giant balls of metal are falling from sky in towns across globe,...

Metal spheres spotted falling from sky in different parts of world have left dozens completely baffled.

2 Feb 2018 3:22 PM GMT

The satellites, coded 30th and 31st in the BDS, entered the orbit more than three hours after the launch.

Twin navigation satellites launched in China

The launch was the 269th mission for the Long March rocket family.

3 April 2018 1:29 PM GMT

This file photo shows visitors sit beside a model of Chinas Tiangong-1 space station at the 8th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai in southern Chinas Guangdong Province. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

China space lab mostly burns up on re-entry in south Pacific

The experimental space laboratory re-entered around 8:15 a.m. Beijing time, the China Manned Space Engineering Office...

3 April 2018 10:02 AM GMT

The 10-meter (33-foot) pencil rocket lifted only slightly from its launch pad before dropping to the ground, disappearing in a fireball. (AP Photo)

Rocket developed by Japan startup in flames after liftoff

The MOMO-2 rocket, developed by Interstellar Technologies, was supposed to reach as high as 100 kilometres into space.

1 July 2018 2:48 AM GMT

North Korea said on Friday its latest missile launch was a warning to South Korean warmongers to stop importing weapons and conducting joint military drills, a message that analysts said was also aimed at the United States. (Photo: File)

North Korea says it carried out 'very important test' at its...

The UN bans North Korea from launching satellites because it is considered a test of long-range missile technology.

8 Dec 2019 4:15 AM GMT

OneWeb has offered the Russian government the option of buying a 12.5-percent stake in the company.

Defect found on Russian rocket ahead of US OneWeb launch

The Russian Soyuz is scheduled to blast off from Guiana Space Centre carrying the first satellites into space for...

31 Jan 2019 9:45 AM GMT

On its website, NASA explains that it does use the materials for wind experiments launched on sounding rockets to the upper atmosphere.

Blue Origin to make 10th flight test of space tourist rocket

The liftoff is scheduled for 8:50 am Central time (1450 GMT) from a Texas launchpad.

23 Jan 2019 4:47 AM GMT

A Falcon 9 SpaceX heavy rocket lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. The Falcon Heavy, has three first-stage boosters, strapped together with 27 engines in all.

Russian scientists find defect in new heavy lift space rocket engine

The Angara A5, which was test-launched in 2014, is being developed to replace the Proton M as Russia's heavy lift...

19 Jan 2019 5:35 AM GMT

The tiny satellites are called CubeSats , and will collect data on phenomena such as radiation belts or on autonomous movement in space for a group of universities and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Florida rocket project: Firefly Aerospace is involved

Beginning around 2020, around 800 small satellites are expected to launch annually.

17 Jan 2019 4:37 AM GMT

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch is seen in the distance over the Golden Gate Bridge near Sausalito, Calif. When SpaceX launched a rocket carrying an Argentine Earth-observation satellite from California, both the night sky and social media lit up. People as far away as Phoenix and Sacramento posted photos of the rocket returning to its launch site on Sunday night in what was the first time SpaceX landed a first-stage booster back at its launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base. (Justin Borja via AP)

Boeing-Lockheed's Vulcan rocket design 'nearly fully mature'

The companies will conduct the final design review for its new flagship Vulcan rocket within months.

17 Jan 2019 4:30 AM GMT

With the engine shut down, Unity coasted upward to an apogee of 84,271 feet (25,686 meters). (Photo: Virgin Galactic)

Branson's Virgin Galactic takes another step toward space tourism

The reusable SpaceShipTwo craft previously flew to an altitude of more than 51 miles in December 2018.

24 Feb 2019 5:18 AM GMT