Latest about Launches & Spacecraft
How NASA's OSIRIS-APEX asteroid probe survived its 1st close encounter with the sun
OSIRIS-APEX emerged unscathed from its first of six close brushes with the sun, thanks to some clever engineering.
Russian Soyuz rocket launches tons of supplies to ISS on Progress 88 cargo ship (video)
Russia launched the robotic Progress 88 freighter toward the International Space Station early on Thursday (May 30).
Watch Chinese company launch 4 satellites to orbit from ship at sea (video)
The Chinese company Galactic Energy sent four satellites into orbit on Wednesday (May 29) with the second sea launch of the Ceres-1 solid rocket.
SpaceX launches Earth-observing EarthCARE satellite during rocket flight doubleheader (photos, video)
SpaceX launched the EarthCARE mission this afternoon (May 28) after sending aloft a group of Starlink internet satellites this morning.
SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida on May 28
SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida on Tuesday morning (May 28).
US condemns failed North Korean rocket launch as breach of international security: report
A spy satellite on board did not reach orbit, according to media reports.
Alabama high school students win world's largest rocketry challenge
High school students in Russellville, Alabama win the American Rocketry Challenge after months of designing and building a victorious rocket.
Rocket Lab launches NASA cubesat to study heat lost from Earth's poles (video)
Rocket Lab launched the first of two satellites for NASA's PREFIRE climate change mission early Saturday morning (May 25).
