space
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Long-Awaited Ariane 6 Rocket Faces Tough Odds in First Launch
Ariane 6 is key to Europe’s space ambition, but the program has suffered a series of technical hiccups.
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Russia’s First Post-Cold War Rocket Lifts Off from Remote Eastern Launch Site
Angara A5, Russia’s largest operational rocket, took flight from the Vostochny Cosmodrome earlier today.
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Watch ULA Launch Its ‘Most Metal’ Rocket for the Last Time
ULA’s Delta IV Heavy rocket—famous for setting itself ablaze at liftoff—performed its final flight on Tuesday at 12:53 p.m. ET.
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Ripples in Spacetime Reveal Mystery Object Colliding With a Star’s Corpse
A neutron star merged with something unknown. Physicists think it might be a mini black hole.