KODIAK, Alaska – A rocket with a payload that included an experimental Army strike weapon exploded after taking off from an Alaska launch pad. Defense Department spokeswoman Maureen Schumann said the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new Minotaur launch vehicle derived from retired missile parts successfully blasted off from ...

NASA recently detailed what it called an inexpensive, possibly automated rocket launching system that uses a towed glider to send payloads into low Earth orbit. NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center ...

A state-of-the-art rocket-powered motorcycle that was recently advertised for sale on eBay has been sold to Gerd Habermann Racing. Engineered to hit speeds in excess of 400 mph (640 km/h) during the ...

The glider plane that slammed into a Connecticut home is still lodged in the roof — and officials are not certain how they can remove the plane without setting off a device called a ballistic rocket.

The Bell X-1 in which Chuck Yeager shattered the sound barrier or the fabulous X-15, perhaps the world’s first spaceship, hardly sprang into being from nothing. They were the products of a long ...