Rockets that are launching things into space, like satellites or space probes, don’t actually have much trouble getting past the Earth’s atmosphere. Rockets encounter most of the resistance when ...

Students watched the spacecraft carrying their experiment explode. — -- Four Tennessee students had the thrill of watching their science experiment being launched into space on board SpaceX's ...

Step into the hidden science lab in your kitchen with five easy experiments that explain refraction, surface tension, ...

WASHINGTON — A U.S. Space Force and NASA experiment lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 at Wallops Island, Virginia Dec. 18 at 12:03 a.m. Eastern to test a new small-satellite architecture ...

The company that pioneered small launch has had a big year. Rocket Lab broke its annual launch record with the Electron booster—17 successful missions this year, and counting—and is close to bringing ...

A teacher in Jiangxi, China, guided his students through building a two-stage rocket crafted from plastic bottles, powered solely by water pressure.

Cape Canaveral saw two successful rocket launches within five hours on Monday, June 23. SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 carrying Starlink satellites, while United Launch Alliance launched an Atlas V for ...