Boeing rocket&#39;s maiden voyage fails
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A new heavy-duty Boeing rocket designed to haul super-sized military satellites into space failed during a test flight to put a dummy satellite into its intended orbit, officials said Wednesday.
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A privately built rocket plane has won a 10 million US dollar prize for the first commercially viable manned spacecraft. Space Ship One has touched down in a US desert after
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The first private manned rocket to reach space soared toward the edge of the atmosphere again in an unexpectedly bumpy ride Wednesday in the first half of a bid to earn a 10 million (8.
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The first planned launch attempt on Friday December 14 was pushed back due to poor weather conditions. The launch team is now awaiting the first available date on the range to reschedule the launch.
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A massive new Boeing rocket lumbered from its seaside pad Tuesday on a mission to prove the vehicle is capable of lofting super-sized military satellites into orbit.
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When a privately built rocket plane soared into space earlier this month, astronaut wannabes were giddy with the hope that they&#39;d finally make it off the planet.
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Engineers sought to determine what caused a temperature control system to malfunction after an aborted launch Saturday.
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An important test of the United States' fledgling missile defense system ended in failure early Wednesday, the Pentagon said.
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(CBS/AP) The first private manned rocket to reach space soared toward the edge of the atmosphere again in an unexpectedly bumpy ride Wednesday in the first half of a bid to earn a $10 million prize.
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The first test in nearly two years of a multibillion-dollar US anti-missile shield failed on Wednesday when the interceptor missile shut down as it prepared to launch in
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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.
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An unmanned Russian rocket carrying a Japanese communications satellite malfunctioned after liftoff Thursday and crashed in Kazakhstan, officials said. Nobody was hurt, but the crash triggered concerns in Kazakhstan about environmental damage from toxic rocket fuel.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  - A Boeing Co. Delta 2  rocket successfully launched a new U.S. Air Force Global  Positioning Satellite into orbit from Florida on Saturday.
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An attempt to launch an interceptor missile as part of the US missile defence shield failed early Wednesday in the first test of the system in nearly two years.
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The first in a new generation of US heavy-lift rockets, the Boeing Delta 4 Heavy, made its maiden flight on Tuesday, from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
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TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico  - A commercial   rocket blasted off from a site in New Mexico on Monday, but   malfunctioned before it reached space, organizers said.
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After a nerve-racking stay on its Cape Canaveral launch pad with uncomfortably close brushes with two powerful hurricanes, a Boeing Delta 2 rocket finally thundered into space this morning where it successfully deployed a Global Positioning System