Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

This week, Florida's Eastern Range hosts its 100th orbital launch of the year, with another 20-30 remaining on the 2025 flight manifest.

The United Arab Emirates is looking to develop an indigenous launch option as part of a broader pivot to secure a share of the growing space economy.

The second of three new Viasat broadband satellites lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, late Nov. 13.

European Space Agency member states convene later this month for their triennial summit to hammer out funding plans.

Virgin Galactic has refined its projection for the start of private astronaut flights to sometime in the final quarter of 2026.

Blue Origin, on Nov. 13, will once more try to launch the New Glenn rocket for a second time, after two prior delays.

With less than two months to go in 2025, the global launch market has already surpassed all previous annual records.

Rocket Lab’s solid third quarter results were overshadowed by its announcement that the first launch of its Neutron rocket will be pushed from late 2025 into 2026.

After securing a waiver from the FAA, Blue Origin said it will make a second attempt Nov. 12 to launch a New Glenn rocket carrying a pair of NASA Mars-bound science satellites.

South Korean launch services company Innospace is aiming to conduct the first flight of its Hanbit-Nano rocket on Nov. 22.

NASA’s acting chief has called to reopen the Human Landing System competition, raising SpaceX’s ire.

SpaceX’s first Super Heavy Version 3 booster is expected to be rolled out to Pad 2 at Starbase, Texas, in “days to weeks, not weeks to months.”

The sky is not the limit for Europe’s “Drone Wall” as the region looks at missile defense beyond the atmosphere.

Astrobotic is conducting prelaunch testing to ensure a safe and precise landing of its Griffin-1 lander at the lunar south pole.

An American subsidiary of South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace has invested an undisclosed amount in Firehawk Aerospace.

The Space Situational Awareness and Control System provides Madrid with a variety of space prediction, GNSS, analysis and space weather data processing tools.

Blue Origin fired up the seven engines on its New Glenn rocket late Oct. 30, clearing one of the last milestones ahead of the company's second orbital launch.

Up to 25 Starship-Super Heavy launches are planned per year from Starbase.

America’s launch sites are undergoing massive transformations to support a new era in space.

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket has reached its Cape Canaveral SFS launchpad in preparation for a static hot-fire ahead of the company's second orbital launch.

Before year’s end, a startup plans to launch inside a SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage a manufacturing pod that would briefly experience the vacuum of space.

Luminary Cloud partnered with Northrop Grumman to accelerate the design and development of rocket nozzles and thrusters for spacecraft from years to months.

With ambitions to become the “LAX of spaceports,” Vandenberg SFB is preparing for a new launch era.

South Korean launch service newcomer Innospace says it has received approval from the government to support the inaugural flight of its Hanbit-Nano rocket.

JAXA, Sierra Space and The Exploration Co. hope their craft will join the fleet of station cargo ships.