Mississippi State mechanical engineering senior Cooper Shanks, left, watches as 6-year-old Christopher Best shows off his custom “Christopher VI” rocket, built for him by MSU’s Space Cowboys.

After nearly a decade of development, Russia’s newest launch vehicle is close to its debut flight. The medium-lift Soyuz 5 rocket is expected to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome before the end of ...

The company that pioneered small launch has had a big year. Rocket Lab broke its annual launch record with the Electron booster—17 successful missions this year, and counting—and is close to bringing ...

Following the success of New Glenn’s second test flight, Blue Origin announced a super-heavy variant of its rocket that could compete with SpaceX’s Starship. Jeff Bezos’ rocket company unveiled the ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin said on Thursday it will build a bigger, more powerful variant of its New Glenn rocket, drawing early plans for a family of orbital ...

Blue Origin is making huge improvements to the New Glenn rocket. In early 2026, there will be 15% more first-stage thrust and 25% upper-stage boost starting with the NG-3 flight in early 2026. They ...