Sea-based launches are hitting their stride. That could lead to a lot more space missions with a lot less red tape.

The rocket, called Kairos, was blasting off from the mountains in west Japan ... most recently because a ship was spotted in a risk area. After finally getting the go-ahead, it was halted five ...

The planets and rocket ship vehicles typically attached to the structure of the Astro Orbiter have been removed as refurbishment continues. During the ride, the rocket vehicles would “blast off” into ...

These days you also need to be fluent in emoji: If a post on a Reddit Wall Street message board contains icons of rocket ships pointing upward, you best pay attention. Some of Reddit’s favorite ...

The 320-foot rocket was scheduled to blast off from Cape Canaveral in Florida ... planned to land a first-stage booster on the Jacklyn ship offshore in the Atlantic Ocean for future reuse, while ...

Blue Origin called off the debut launch of its massive new rocket early Monday because of technical trouble. The 320-foot (98-meter) New Glenn rocket was supposed to blast off before dawn with a ...

Two private missions heading for the moon have blasted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The lunar landers launched in the middle of the night from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre and are the latest to ...

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 ... on a drone ship stationed about ...