with some officials citing Elon Musk's political posts on X and raised concerns about the billionaire's labor record at his companies. The plan to increase the number of rocket blasts into space ...

The short-seller supports its accusation by citing conversations with 23 unnamed "rocket experts" who have apparently told Bleecker that Rocket Lab's "engine development," "engine and structure ...

The same agency infamously blocked a U.S. Air Force request to allow Elon Musk’s SpaceX to increase its California rocket launches, citing the entrepreneur’s politics. Two property owners ...

Rocket Lab reported earnings last week, but that's not all the news it shared. It's also planning a floating landing pad, and it has invented a flatter satellite. It also doubled one launch ...

Welcome to Edition 7.32 of the Rocket Report! It's true that the US space program has always been political. Domestic and global politics have driven nearly all of the US government's decisions on ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

SpaceX is scheduled to launch its Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink 12-14 satellites on Friday morning. The launch window is ...

The new Neutron rocket includes a "hippo" mouth fairing that deploys upper stages by spitting them out from inside. The private space company Rocket Lab is on track to launch the first of its new ...

launched a Soyuz rocket carrying a spacecraft for defence purposes, the state RIA news agency reported early on March 3, citing the Russian Defence Ministry. The Soyuz-2.1b launch lifted off from ...

On Wednesday, one of the Republican space policy leaders most consistently opposed to commercial heavy lift rockets over the last decade—as an alternative to NASA's large SLS rocket—has ...