This story was updated to add a video. A SpaceX Starship rocket broke up during a test flight of the megarocket's capabilities Thursday. Two extended "chopsticks" successfully caught the Super ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed ...

The more than 400-foot rocket, powered by 33 Raptor engines, appeared to lift off successfully at 4:37 p.m. CT from SpaceX's launchpad at its Starbase facility near Brownsville, Texas. But minutes ...

Blue Origin, the space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its massive New Glenn rocket into orbit for the first time early Thursday, marking a new step in the commercial space race.

The rocket’s inaugural mission had been delayed by several years but finally hit the skies at 2:03am local time today (6:03pm AEDT) after blasting off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in ...

SpaceX live: Starship rocket test flight launches The 400ft-tall rocket lifted off from SpaceX's Starbase site in South Texas. The tests are a stepping stone for the company's ultimate goal of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight Thursday, sending up a prototype ...

As with SpaceX's flight-proven Falcon and Falcon Heavy rockets, parts of New Glenn are designed to be reusable. That includes landing the rocket's booster on a floating platform in the ocean.

Shrugging off bad weather, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launched its powerful New Glenn rocket on its maiden flight early Thursday, lighting up a cloudy overnight sky as it climbed away from Cape ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.— Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight Thursday, sending up a prototype satellite to orbit thousands of miles above Earth. Named after the ...

Approval has been given for the first UK launch of a traditional "vertical" rocket. The critical clearance from the air safety regulator has taken the country a step closer to seeing its first ...

An enormous Blue Origin rocket meant to challenge SpaceX in regularly deploying satellites and other cargo into orbit underwent its inaugural flight test Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral, Florida.