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

marking the rocket model’s fifth sea-based launch, China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, maker of the Smart Dragon 3 series, said in a news release after the liftoff. The Smart Dragon 3 is ...

The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 1:53 p.m. EST (1853 GMT), less than 24 hours after another Starlink flight from California.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried 21 Starlink satellites into space from Space Launch Complex 40 at the ... two NASA cargo missions (one with a SpaceX Dragon and the other with a Northrop Grumman ...

China successfully launched its Smart Dragon-3 commercial carrier rocket on Monday, January 13, 2025, from the waters near Haiyang in Shandong Province. The rocket lifted off and successfully ...

The Falcon 9 rocket, which lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, took flight during evening twilight, when light from ...

The Sea Dragon, a super-heavy lift launch vehicle, was a real concept under consideration with NASA in the 1960s. If the design had come to fruition, it would have been the largest rocket ever ...

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