COCOA BEACH, Fla. —As it so often does in the final days before the debut of a new rocket, it all comes down to weather.

China launched a Jielong-3 solid rocket from a mobile sea platform late Sunday, successfully placing 10 Centispace navigation ...

The launch will mark Blue Origin’s first foray into the business of sending rockets to orbit. If successful, it could position the company to better compete with SpaceX.

UPDATE (6:15 p.m.) — The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched out of Vandenberg Space Force Base just after 5:58 p.m. The first-stage booster successfully landed on a droneship in the Pacific Ocean a ...

China has successfully conducted its first sea-based rocket launch of the year, marking a significant step forward in its commercial space exploration ambitions. (X: China ’N Asia Spaceflight ...

The rocket launched at 5:19 a.m. from Vandenberg Space Force Base northwest of Santa Barbara ... The rocket's first stage landed on a droneship at sea. Get top local stories in Southern California ...

An F/A-18E fighter jet prepares to launch from the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson while underway in the South China Sea on December ... at Yokosuka naval base, its home port in the Greater ...