Space

The giant booster is the largest solid rocket motor ever built for flight.

Europe’s Vega rocket returned to the skies on Wednesday from French Guiana in its first mission since a failed launch last year.

A lopsided merger of two black holes may have an oddball origin story, according to a new study by researchers at MIT and elsewhere.

Late Wednesday night, European launch provider Arianespace successfully launched its Vega rocket from French Guiana, the vehicle’s first flight in more than a year. The return-to-flight launch was a demonstration mission that sent 53 small satellites into orbit around Earth.

In the middle of a pandemic, people are finding their personal safe haven in the sky, floating in “zero gravity.”

An Arianespace Vega rocket will make its return-to-flight launch tonight, Sept. 2, on an experimental flight to prove its ability to launch 53 small satellites at once in a rideshare mission and you can watch it live online. Liftoff is set for 9:51 p.m. EDT (0151 Sept. 2 GMT) from […]

Europe’s Vega rocket is back in action.

AFRL’s Space Vehicles Directorate will study the physics of very low Earth orbit, and will pursue sensor technologies for cislunar space