David W. Brown, a longtime space writer and author of the book “The Mission,” spent days observing SpaceX’s mission control room in Hawthorne, Calif., to report this article. Published Dec ...

Welcome to Edition 8.03 of the Rocket Report! We are at an interesting stage in Europe, with its efforts to commercialize ...

On this particular test flight, as Starship positioned itself for atmospheric reentry, one of its 13 engines failed to ignite. Shortly after, a booster appeared to explode, leading to a complete loss ...

The room was repurposed to control ISS flights between 1998 and 2006, before the Apollo program-era Flight Control Room-1 was upgraded to take over the job of directing ISS.

The control room itself is 588 sq ft., which is approximately the size of a studio apartment. The simulated mission studies last five days, but will be much longer once the mission is flying.

Japan has successfully launched a climate monitoring satellite using its H-2A rocket. ... Scientists and space officials at the control room exchanged hugs and handshakes to celebrate the ...

The European Space Agency’s Ariane 6 rocket clinched its maiden launch Tuesday from a site in French Guiana. But an “anomaly” occurred before it dove back toward Earth.

Grab your helmets: A Chinese rocket booster in space the length of two tractor-trailers will plummet back to Earth sometime soon. No one knows exactly when — maybe today. UPDATE: Nov. 4, 2022, 9 ...

Europe's Arianespace launched the Vega-C rocket on Thursday, marking a return to space for the upgraded Italian launcher two years after it failed during a debut commercial mission.

Xue Vue, right, and Decker Jory, left, tork bolts to install pumps on the Stage 1 engine at Stoke Space, in Kent, on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024. Stoke Space is designing an innovative space rocket where ...

The aim would partly be to take on Elon Musk’s SpaceX, the dominant rocket maker. Relativity Space has also said it has a long-term goal of creating an industrial base on Mars.. Mr. Ellis, who ...