Latest "rocket" stories

Destined for the moon, NASA’s Artemis rocket blasts into space

This morning NASA launched its Artemis 1 moon rocket, blasting the U.S. off on a path to reach the lunar surface for the first time in 50 years.

By Jonathan Lehrfeld

13 months ago

The National Reconnaissance Office Launch-82 vehicle, supported by Delta IV Heavy rockets, stands tall at Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, April 25, 2021. NROL-82 supports the NRO’s overall national security mission to provide intelligence data to U.S. senior policy makers, the intelligence community and the Department of Defense. (Staff Sgt. Luke Kitterman/U.S. Space Force)

Now boarding: Space Force wants to turn launch ranges into rocket ‘airports’

Space Force launch range officials want their installations to be more like an airport departure terminal.

By Rachel S. Cohen

3 years ago

Rockets fired at Bagram, no casualties reported

Five rockets were fired at Bagram Airfield on Saturday, and Afghan police defused seven more.

3 years ago

More than half of NASA’s moon-bound astronauts are active-duty military

NASA's Artemis program plans to return to the moon by 2024. Among the crew will be the first woman to walk on the moon.

By Harm Venhuizen

3 years ago

What it’s like to survive a deadly rocket attack and the Iranian missile barrage in Iraq

“Second rocket, third rocket came I thought: “This is it, we are getting rocketed.” Lights went out and darkness set in as rockets continued to hail on us."

By Shawn Snow

4 years ago

Rockets slam Baghdad’s Green Zone

The latest attack raises concerns of Iran-backed militias orchestrating attacks that could push the U.S. into a broader conflict with Iran — especially as tensions with Iran remain on edge following Tehran’s launch of 16 ballistic missiles targeting coalition troops housed at the al-Asad and Irbil Iraqi bases.

By Shawn Snow and Valerie Insinna

4 years ago