Earlier this week SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted pictures and video of their Grasshopper rocket taking a brief ... stage with landing gear that can take off and land vertically," Musk told Wired.

Europe's big new rocket, Ariane-6, has blasted off on its ... The BBC’s Laura Bicker sees the Shenzhou 19 spacecraft take off in a record year of space exploration.

UPDATE: The launch lifted off on time and the first-stage booster landed on a droneship stationed in the Pacific Ocean. ORIGINAL STORY: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to liftoff from Vandenberg ...

At 3:19 p.m. on Thursday, November 7, the rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40, finally taking flight after Sunday and Wednesday scrubs. The rocket soared upward, turning to ...