The new European launcher replaces Ariane 5, which was successfully launched over 100 times and has been in service since 1996. The Ariane 6 payload fairings, up to 20 meters high and 1800 kilograms ...

Sometimes you try to get to outer space — but then the top of your rocket falls off. It happens. No, really: on Thursday, Australian startup Gilmour Space was forced to call off the maiden launch of ...

Rocket debris, identified as belonging to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has recently washed up on the shores of Maldives.

A fragment bearing the ISRO logo has washed ashore on an uninhabited Maldivian island. Experts believe it is a rocket fairing from a recent Indian launch, raising fresh questions about drifting space ...

Japan’s newest heavy-lift rocket completed a largely successful ascent in late 2025, yet failed to deliver its payload after a sequence of unexpected mechanical events. The H3 rocket, developed by ...

Welcome to Edition 7.18 of the Rocket Report! One of the most intriguing bits of news this week is the rolling of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket out to its launch complex in Florida. With two months ...

The “stack” of six Globalstar second-generation satellites is partly visible inside the protective container (at left) that was used for its transfer into Starsem’s Upper Composite Integration ...

Am I correct in understanding that the payload fairing was detached before first stage separation? Somehow, I thought that detachment/jettison was only done when that ...