Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This is a Vanguard TV-2BU rocket, the U.S.'s first rocket specifically designed to launch satellites. As part of the ...

On March 17, 1958, the Navy launched the Vanguard 1 satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The first U.S. satellite, Explorer 1, was sent into space on Jan. 31, 1958, some three months after the ...

WASHINGTON –On Sept. 9, 1952, the U.S. Defense Department made what is now widely regarded as an ill-fated decision to make the Vanguard rocket the center of America’s effort to launch the first ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec. 3--The Navy's mighty Vanguard rocket was reportedly ready tonight for a predawn shot that may hurl the first American "moon" into space. "There were a few bugs in the rocket ...

The new program is studying concepts to fly up to 100 tons of cargo around the planet. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The U.S.

On May 5 2021, SpaceX was able to successfully land its prototype Starship rocket during a high-altitude test flight. The Air Force believes reusable commercial rockets like the ones SpaceX is ...