One just launched the world’s biggest rocket, with mixed success. The other makes small model rockets for hobbyists, and it's ...

Estes Rockets is the country’s biggest manufacturer of model rockets for hobbyists, and it’s stockpiling parts from China.

The gargantuan rocket blasted off from SpaceX's Boca Chica, Texas, manufacturing and flight test facility on the Gulf Coast at 5:37 p.m. Eastern Time, firing up 33 methane-burning Raptor engines ...

Blue Origin builds reusable rocket engines, launch vehicles, in-space systems, and lunar landers." When it does happen, the launch will occur from Space Launch Complex-36, which will make for a ...

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 ...

That, obviously, did not stick: delays with development of the rocket’s engine, the BE-4, and other setbacks shifted the schedule significantly. It should be noted, however, that Blue Origin has ...

An entire New Shepard rocket could fit within the fairing, with room to spare on the sides. The flames of New Glenn’s BE-4 engines. (Photo Courtesy of Trevor Mahlmann) Blue Origin founder Jeff ...

Lumbering off the launch pad from a billowing fiery cloud, Blue Origin's mighty 321-foot-tall New Glenn rocket hurtled into ... target orbit after a pair of engine burns. "Getting to orbit is ...

But the company failed to land New Glenn's main rocket engine, or booster, onto a platform in the Atlantic Ocean. It had hoped that the booster would be reusable for future launches but after ...