No one will supplant American and Chinese dominance in the space launch arena anytime soon, but several longtime US allies now see sovereign access to space as a national security imperative. Taking advantage of private launch initiatives already underway within their own borders,

The Technology Innovation Institute (TII), the applied research arm of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council, has successfully launched the UAE’s first sounding rocket powered by a hybrid propulsion system, marking a major step forward in the country’s efforts to build sovereign space capabilities.

UAE's Technology Innovation Institute successfully fired a homegrown hybrid rocket 3km above the desert, marking the nation's first indigenous launch capability. The breakthrough validates UAE's end-to-end aerospace development from design to flight operations.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Another rocket launch is coming up in California. For the fifth mission of January from the West Coast, SpaceX is planning to deploy its own commercial Starlink internet satellites into ...

The recent image of the Falcon 9 rocket’s plume, captured during NASA’s Crew-12 mission launch, has taken the world by storm. The stunning nebula-like pattern, a byproduct of the rocket’s intense exhaust,

The centennial to celebrate 100 years since Worcester physicist, engineer, teacher, inventor and the "Father of Modern Rocketry" Robert H. Goddard's first successful liquid-fueled rocket launch in Auburn on March 16, 1926, is rapidly approaching lift off.

Florida's Space Coast — home of NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station — remains the reigning rocket launch capital of the world. Last year ushered in a new annual record of 109 orbital launches, with SpaceX's workhorse ...

WENCHANG, CHINA / ACCESS Newswire / February 12, 2026 / China recently launched a Long March-12 carrier rocket from Wenchang, successfully sending the 19th group of low-orbit internet satellites into preset orbit.

In March 1926, Goddard launched liquid-fueled rocket in Auburn.