Rockets rarely blast straight upward and keep going in that direction. Instead, most orbital launches curve eastward, leaning into the spin of the planet to squeeze out every bit of free speed they ...

Artificial intelligence is quietly reshaping how rockets fly, how spacecraft sip propellant and how engineers think about the leap to nuclear propulsion. What began as a set of algorithms for ...

A busy SpaceX is planning only one day off between its two most recent rocket launches from Southern California. Missed the most recent rocket launch from the Santa Barbara County launch site? This ...