Ursa Major, America’s leading privately funded company focused solely on rocket propulsion, today announced an agreement with launch provider Vector Launch to support Vector’s recently awarded U.S.

Tucson-based small-satellite launch startup Vector has won a key U.S. patent for its small-rocket engine technology as it moves toward its first orbital flight later this year. Vector was awarded ...

A team of college kids at the University of Southern California broke the world record for the highest altitude reached by a rocket launched by amateurs — soaring a whopping 89 miles above the Earth.

NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars over the next decade – but the 140 million-mile (225 million-kilometer) journey to the red planet could take several months to years round trip. This ...