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VideoShips deployed into the Atlantic for experimental rocket landing
A barge and command ship chartered by SpaceX are stationed in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida's East Coast in a bid to recover a used-up Falcon 9 rocket stage Tuesday in a long-theorized -- but never tried -- maneuver that could lay the groundwork for a big advance in space technology.
VideoRussian Earth observing satellite ready for launch
A Soyuz rocket is scheduled for launch Friday with Russia's Resurs P2 satellite, a civilian-operated spacecraft with a sharp-eyed camera to collect high-resolution imagery for Russian government authorities and international agencies.
VideoSoyuz rocket lifts off with Russian eavesdropping satellite
A satellite to collect intelligence for the Russian government launched Thursday on top of a Soyuz rocket and reached orbit a few minutes after liftoff from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome about 500 miles north of Moscow.
VideoPhotos and video: Angara 5’s thunderous liftoff
Russia's new Angara 5 rocket, the biggest Russian launcher since the end of the Cold War, made a pre-dawn blastoff from the wintry Plesetsk Cosmodrome on Tuesday on a successful first flight. See video and photos of the fiery liftoff from the snowy launch pad.
VideoRussia’s Angara 5 rocket launched on successful maiden flight
A new Russian rocket designed as a successor to the workhorse Proton booster lifted off Tuesday on a maiden test flight that could signify Russia's shift away from launching satellites at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
VideoPhotos: Soyuz soars skyward from French Guiana
Flying for the 10th time from a tropical launch facility along the South American coastline, a Russian Soyuz rocket lifted off Dec. 18 and streaked through partly sunny skies with four satellites to extend the reach of the O3b Networks, a company founded to bring broadband to the world's most remote and impoverished countries.
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Rocket landing experiment on tap after SpaceX cargo launch
SpaceX hopes to take a giant leap forward in rocket technology a few minutes after Friday's scheduled launch of a Falcon 9 booster taking up 2.5 tons of critical supplies and experiments to the International Space Station.
VideoPhotos: Proton rocket blasts off with Yamal 401 satellite
An International Launch Services Proton rocket blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Monday with the Yamal 401 satellite, a 3.3-ton spacecraft to beam C-band and Ku-band communications services across Russia.
VideoAriane 5 sends up satellites for DirecTV, India
Two communications satellites rode an Ariane 5 rocket into space Saturday -- one to beam down ultra-sharp television programming into millions of American homes and another craft to give Indian citizens expanded access to information technology.
VideoJohn Grunsfeld speaks about Orion’s science goals
John Grunsfeld, Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters, speaks about the EFT-1 test flight and science opportunities made possible by the Orion capsule and its Space Launch System rocket.