The mission rode aboard Rocket Lab's Electron, reusing one of the rocket's boosters for the first time.
The company's Electron rocket launched four satellites that will monitor orbital traffic to avoid collisions in space.
The Gravity-1 rocket successfully launched on Thursday, carrying three payloads into orbit and establishing new benchmarks along the way.
The first Falcon 9 rocket booster to transport astronauts to orbit met a devastating fate during its latest recovery.
SpaceX rival Rocket Lab is ready for its latest Electron mission, targeting a launch window opening on Thursday, three months after a previous launch failure.
Both stages of the megarocket exploded during the 8-minute mission, but not before the successful implementation of a novel hot-staging maneuver.
The wayward booster left not one but two impact craters on the lunar surface, suggesting there was something undisclosed on the Chang'e 5-T1 mission.
Rocket Lab's Electron rocket experienced an anomaly shortly after stage separation, leading to a mission failure and a 20% drop in the company's stock value.
Taking advantage of their exclusivity period, some local game stores are overcharging on Lorcana packs ahead of the September 1 big box release.
A recovery team retrieved the company's Electron rocket booster from the ocean, which could be a major step towards its reusability.
The parachute system helps to control where falling rocket boosters land on Earth, steering them away from populated areas.
The 394-foot-tall rocket launched from Starbase Thursday morning, in what is a massive step forward for the SpaceX program.
The previously used Rutherford engine passed qualification tests and is set to make history as the first 3D-printed engine to reach space for a second time.
China is reportedly finalizing a plan to use parachutes to better control falling side boosters, but it's a limited solution to a larger problem.
After two failed attempts last year, the company may just try to recover its reusable rockets from the ocean.
The company lost communication with the descending Electron booster and opted to pull its helicopter away from the recovery zone.
The private company is hoping to not drop it immediately afterwards this time.
Early speculation suggests there’s something wrong with the rocket’s BE-3 engine, which would spell bad news for Blue Origin.
Elon Musk hoped to launch the fully stacked Starship rocket in July, but today's explosion could seriously complicate these plans.
Inspired by SpaceX, the U.S. startup is hoping to reuse its Electron rocket boosters to reduce launch costs.
