Iran successfully launched its most advanced satellite-carrying rocket into space, the country's state media reported on Thursday, in what is likely the most significant step yet for the launch vehicle. A confirmed launch of the Simorgh rocket would also mark another step forward for the ...
North Korea on Wednesday conducted another test of a rocket engine that could potentially be used on a future intercontinental ballistic missile, Fox News reported Thursday, quoting two U.S. officials. A similar report was also carried by Reuters, quoting a U.S. official as saying the ...
An electrical circuit problem may have led to the recent failure of the launch of the world's smallest rocket capable of placing a satellite into orbit, Japan's space agency said Monday. The No. 4 vehicle of the SS-520 series lifted off from the Japan Aerospace ...
China has launched its new Long March-5 heavy rocket, state media said, sending its payload into orbit in the country's latest step in advancing its space exploration program. The launch comes after China began its longest manned space mission last month, sending two astronauts to ...
The private space company run by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has completed its fourth successful unmanned rocket launch and safe landing in West Texas using the same vehicle. Officials with Blue Origin say the latest launch of New Shepard happened Sunday morning near Van Horn. ...
Tensions have increased significantly along the Demilitarized Zone since North Korea's recent nuclear test and rocket launch, a North Korean military official told The Associated Press on Monday, adding that while he could not comment on operational details, "the reality is that it is ...
Pro-Pyongyang Korean schools in Japan braced for harassment and threats to students on Monday, a day after North Korea drew international criticism for launching a rocket. At an elementary and junior high school in Higashiyodogawa Ward, Osaka, teachers and police officers stood guard at the ...
Defense officials from Japan, the United States and South Korea held a video conference Friday to discuss the planned North Korean satellite launch.
The information systems would be used to warn local municipalities if Self-Defense Forces radar detects the planned missile launch.
Less than a month after its purported H-bomb test, North Korea announced Tuesday it is planning a rocket launch as soon as next week. Though speculation of a launch had been growing for about a week, experts say that with underground railways, giant tarps ...
A private space company announced Tuesday that it had landed a rocket upright and gently enough to be used again, a milestone in commercial aeronautics. Reusing rockets, rather than discarding them, would be a big step toward making space flight less expensive. The achievement produced "the ...
The Russian Space Agency has delayed a plan to launch a Soyuz spacecraft with crew members including Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui until late July, according to TASS news service. The launch was initially scheduled for May 27. It has been postponed due to an investigation ...
