The SpaceX-3 Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying a Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at…

When the entire program is complete in 2030 the Space Launch System will have cost the American taxpayers 41 billion dollars. (Or about 2.5 years of full NASA budgets). Ignoring…

(NASA) The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory, a joint Earth-observing mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), thundered into space at 1:37 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb….

At 1:07pm ET 1/9/14 Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Antares rocket launched from Pad 0A at the Wallops Flight Facility, Va. to send the company’s Cygnus cargo ship on a its first supply…

Update 1/9/14 – Read Antares Launch to ISS from Wallops Successful Hello fellow rocket launch watchers! Get out your binoculars you will get another chance to see the a launch…

UPDATE 12-19-13 Launch delayed until January due to ISS EVA work. Hello fellow east coast rocket launch watchers! Get out your binoculars you will get another chance to see the…

On Thanksgiving SpaceX attempted the launch of an SES-8 telecommunications satellite aboard a Falcon 9. The launch was already postponed during the this launch window once earlier in the week when…

The launch of Orbital Sciences Minotaur I rocket supporting the U.S. Air Force ORS-3 mission was delayed until 8:15pm est. due to a tracking station issue. Launch was smooth after the delay and…