A rocket launch from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base did not go to plan after the spacecraft experienced a midair ...

a small-lift launch vehicle designed to carry payloads to low Earth orbit. While Rocket Lab posted a record year, the company remains well behind SpaceX. Last year, SpaceX sent 138 rockets into ...

Another update from Firefly early Tuesday afternoon confirmed the launch failed. The company said the rocket "experienced a ...

The Alpha rocket itself is classified as a small-lift launch vehicle capable of carrying more than 2,200 pounds of cargo to orbit. Firefly said in a mission update that it will investigate the ...

The Electron was created in partnership with a New Zealand company and is the third-most-popular small-lift launch vehicle in the world. The Falcon 9 is a launch vehicle developed by SpaceX with ...