SAN JOSE, Calif. — A small Colorado company has successfully tested a new type of propulsion technology that it believes could eventually enable low-cost, single-stage-to-orbit launch vehicles.

The Chinese company LandSpace continues to develop the Zhuque-3 (ZQ-3), a two-stage reusable launch vehicle inspired by SpaceX's Starship and Super Heavy. They achieved their first milestone in ...

The coming flight is not an isolated experiment but part of a coordinated effort to give China a domestic ecosystem of ...

HELSINKI — Astronstone, one of China’s newest commercial launch startups, has raised early-stage funding for a stainless steel, reusable launch vehicle modeled on SpaceX’s Starship system. Established ...

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it will launch its new ...

AI use in launch vehicles is being studied as a way to support higher launch rates, improve reliability, manage maintenance, and coordinate space traffic as global access to orbit increases ...

SpaceX completed 167 orbital launches in 2025 using Falcon 9 rockets, setting a new annual record and accounting for about 85% of U.S. launches ...