Here’s how it works: Essentially, the rocket has to make thrust – that is, create force – by burning propellant to make hot gases. Then it shoots those hot gases out of a nozzle. It’s sort of like ...

Listen to Story Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos both congratulated and appreciated each other SpaceX's Starship lifted off from South Texas but exploded Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket reached orbit, but ...

Flawed rocket launches by SpaceX and Blue Origin still leave both companies in position to dominate the space sector.

Just past 2 am Eastern time on January 16, 2025, a new rocket blasted off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. By reaching orbit, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket launch has marked a ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Share PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from a rocket and gun attack on an aid convoy in restive ...

Officials say the death toll from a rocket and gun attack on an aid convoy in restive northwestern Pakistan has jumped to at least five PARACHINAR, Pakistan -- The death toll from a rocket and gun ...

PARACHINAR, Pakistan — The death toll from a rocket and gun attack on an aid convoy in restive northwestern Pakistan has jumped to at least five, local authorities said Friday. The attack ...

The third Starship test flight last March saw the spacecraft reach its planned trajectory and fly halfway around the world ...

the space agency’s successor to the Saturn V for sending astronauts to the moon. The biggest rocket of all, at approximately 400 feet (123 meters), is SpaceX’s Starship. Musk said the seventh ...

Key points The seventh test flight of SpaceX's Starship launched from Texas It is the world's largest and most powerful rocket at nearly 400ft tall Elon Musk's SpaceX is trying to build the first ...

Blue Origin, the US space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos in 2000, made its maiden voyage into orbital space Thursday with its brand-new rocket, New Glenn. Here are five key things to ...