Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth toured Rocket Lab’s Engine Development Complex in Long Beach on Friday, Jan. 9.

Much of the discourse around reusable rockets in Europe has focused on developing a brand new rocket that might eventually ...

L3Harris Technologies is selling a 60% stake in its space propulsion business to AE Industrial Partners for $845 million, ...

ELKTON, Md. – Jan. 7, 2026 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) was awarded a $94.3 million contract by the U.S. Navy ...

Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground ...

The number of orbital launch attempts worldwide last year surpassed the record 2024 flight rate by 25 percent, with SpaceX ...

China conducted a total of 93 space launches in 2025, setting a new national record for orbital launches in a single year.

Nitrous oxide’s high-speed abilities don’t end with racing cars, as it’s a powerful enough oxidizer to be a practical ...

Former SpaceX flight software engineer Stefan Moluf explains how he got to do the physics for the new space sim from ...

Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB) stock climbed about 30% in one week in December following reports of a planned SpaceX initial public ...

NASA’s push for a new nuclear rocket engine is not just another upgrade to the hardware we strap to the bottom of spacecraft.

Space rockets may soon use nuclear-powered engines based on nuclear thermal propulsion, or NTP technology. While no nuclear engine will fly this year, the field is approaching a major milestone, with ...