On Oct. 3, 1942, Germany did the first-ever successful test launch of a ballistic missile. This missile was officially named ...

On Sept. 16, 1949, the U.S. launched a V-2 rocket with a monkey named Albert III on board. Albert III was the third monkey the U.S. attempted to launch to space. He was also the third one to be killed ...

But the V-2 wasn’t the only rocket-powered vehicle that the Germans were working on, a whole series of follow-up vehicles were in the design phase when the Allies took Berlin in 1945. Some were ...

Walter Dornberger (Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1980-009-33 / CC-BY-SA 3.0) This is the world in which V-2, written by the head of the German rocket development program Walter Dornberger, takes place.

ULA's heavy-lift rocket is poised to make a big impact in the industry, but tomorrow's second launch will need to go well for ...

United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket is set to lift off Friday morning from Florida’s Space Coast for its final test flight ...

This is the second certification mission for the Vulcan rocket. It’s a requirement to be used regularly by the U.S. Space ...

Forecasters now predict an 80% chance of "go for launch" weather conditions during Friday's window, with cumulus clouds ...

Tory Bruno, ULA's chief executive, told reporters Wednesday that he is "supremely confident" the Vulcan rocket will succeed ...

ULA rolled the Vulcan Centaur out to Space Launch Complex-41 (SLC-41) at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today ...

On Sept. 16, 1949, the U.S. launched a V-2 rocket with a monkey named Albert III on board. Albert III was the third monkey the U.S. attempted to launch to space. He was also the third one to be ...

Forecasters predict a 75% chance of "go for launch" weather conditions during Friday's window, with cumulus clouds posing the ...