Science Apr 20 Starship test flight ends with explosion, Musk says SpaceX ‘learned a lot’ for next launch By Miles O'Brien, Courtney Norris
Science Mar 08 California company’s 3D-printed rocket poised to make debut launch It’s a relatively small rocket, just 110 feet (33 meters), and won’t be carrying anything for this test flight except for a memento: the first successful metal 3D print from the company's printers. By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press
Science Aug 17 NASA’s moon rocket moved to launch pad for 1st test flight The 322-foot rocket emerged Tuesday night from its mammoth hangar at Florida's Kennedy Space Center. It took nearly 10 hours for the rocket to make the four-mile overnight trip to the pad. By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press
World Aug 29 Satellite photos show apparent explosion on Iran space center launch pad A rocket at an Iranian space center that was to conduct a satellite launch criticized by the U.S. apparently exploded on its launch pad Thursday, satellite images show, suggesting the Islamic Republic suffered its third failed launch this year alone. By Abdi Guled, Associated Press
World May 19 Rocket attack hits near U.S. Embassy in Baghdad’s Green Zone A rocket crashed Sunday night in the Iraqi capital’s heavily fortified Green Zone, landing less than a mile from the sprawling U.S. Embassy, an Iraqi military spokesman said. By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press
Apr 10 SpaceX pulls off first successful mid-ocean rocket landing By Daniel Costa-Roberts Four failed attempts and years of effort paid off Friday, as the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster re-entered Earth's atmosphere and lowered itself vertically onto a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean -- the company's first successful landing at sea. Continue reading
Nov 12 Watch Scientists who dared to land on a comet score a touchdown By PBS News Hour The European Space Agency successfully landed a spacecraft the size of a washing machine on a moving comet -- a historic first for space exploration. Tom Clarke of Independent Television News reports on the Philae lander’s amazing touchdown. Continue watching
Jul 02 Watch Watch a Russian Proton Rocket Explode in Kazakhstan Watch a Russian Proton Rocket Explode in Kazakhstan… Continue watching
Dec 12 North Koreans Celebrate Rocket Launch By Larisa Epatko North Korea successfully launched a rocket Wednesday to put a satellite in orbit, it said, though other countries like the United States viewed it as a "provocative" move. Continue reading
May 15 Watch SpaceX Readies for Launch; Dragon Capsule Seat Showdown Miles O'Brien behind-the-scenes on the SpaceX Dragon capsule launch. Continue watching