Boeing rocket fails to reach high orbit
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Because its first stage burned out prematurely, Boeing Co.&#39;s Decatur-built Delta IV heavy-lift rocket Monday put a dummy satellite payload in an orbit closer to Earth than expected, Boeing said in a Wednesday news release.
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A Boeing Co. interceptor missile failed to launch during a test of the US ground-based missile-defense system today because of an ``unknown anomaly,&#39;&#39; the US Missile Defense Agency said.
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NASA engineers are wrestling with a potentially dangerous problem with a yet-to-be-built rocket. It's possible that the new moon rocket could shake so violently during the launch, that the multibillion dollar craft could be destroyed.
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WASHINGTON -- Boeing Space Exploration of Houston nabbed its second major role on NASA's new astronaut launcher, winning a contract potentially worth $800 million to build and outfit an avionics ring that will control the Ares I rocket in flight.
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TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico  - The launch of   a commercial rocket in New Mexico that the organizers hope will   usher in a new era of cheap public access to space was delayed   on Monday because of an electrical problem.
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The Air Force&#39;s dummy 6.7-ton satellite rode Boeing&#39;s Decatur-made Delta IV Heavy into the wrong orbit last week, but the test proved the new rocket is capable of being the workhorse of the future.
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After a series of delays, a Boeing Delta 2 rocket carrying a Global Positioning System satellite for the Air Force roared into space early Saturday.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 - An important test of the United States&#39; fledgling missile defense system ended in failure early Wednesday as an interceptor rocket failed to launch on cue from the Marshall Islands, the Pentagon said.
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An unmanned rocket that took off from New Mexico's spaceport crashed in the desert, failing in its mission to reach sub-orbital space, officials said.
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By SONJA BARISIC ATLANTIC, Va. - The launch of a rocket carrying two satellites for the Air Force and NASA was scrubbed early Monday because of a problem with the software for one of the satellites, officials said.
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Boeing's new heavy-lift Delta 4 rocket finally lifts off from Cape Canaveral in Florida after several delays.
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By Sonja Barisic  ATLANTIC, Va. - The launch of a rocket carrying two satellites for the Air Force and NASA was scrubbed early Monday because of a problem with the software for one of the satellites, officials said.
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A private manned rocket soared into space for a second time yesterday, landing successfully after an unexpectedly bumpy ride that nearly meant an early end to the team&#39;s bid to win a $10 million prize.
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The first test in almost two years of the planned multi-billion dollar US anti-missile shield has failed. The Pentagon said an interceptor missile did not take off and was automatically shut down on its launch pad in the central Pacific.
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Boeing Co. scrubbed a planned launch  of a Delta IV heavy-lift rocket on Sunday as engineers sought  to determine what caused a temperature control system to  malfunction after an aborted launch on Saturday.
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'HyFly' crashes, fails to burn An innovative hypersonics programme has suffered a failure, with a prototype scramjet missile failing to perform properly and crashing into the Pacific after less than a minute in the air.â¦
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Boeing Co. reported that its Delta IV Heavy rocket achieved its major objectives despite placing its demonstration satellite into a lower-than-expected orbit Tuesday night.