Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Contenders include New Glenn, Europe's Ariane 6 rocket (which made its maiden flight in July), and United Launch Alliance's Vulcan (which ...

Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket ... Glenn is the latest in a series of big, new rockets to launch in recent years, including United Launch Alliance's Vulcan, Europe's upgraded Ariane 6 ...

New Glenn, said in a Monday evening (Jan. 6) statement that announced the target launch date. "But no amount of ground testing or mission simulations are a replacement for flying this rocket.

Meanwhile, the EU celebrated a successful satellite deployment on the second launch of its Ariane 6 rocket from French Guiana. The project had cost overruns and years of delays, but the successful ...

An Ariane 6 rocket has roared skyward with a French military reconnaissance satellite aboard in the first commercial flight for the European heavy-lift launcher.

The rocket’s mission was to deliver the CSO-3 military observation satellite into orbit at an altitude of around 800 kilometers (500 miles). It was the first commercial mission for Ariane 6 ...

PARIS (AP) — An Ariane 6 rocket roared skyward with a French military reconnaissance satellite aboard Thursday in the first commercial flight for the European heavy-lift launcher. The rocket ...