States like Florida, Texas and California are no strangers to routine rocket launches − but New Mexico? Spacecraft also sometimes get off the ground from the state. Space news coverage may be ...

NASA is set to launch three small rockets into the upper atmosphere late Monday, and some people on the East Coast may be able to see colorful vapor trails that will be released shortly after liftoff.

Standing no more than about 70 feet tall, sounding rockets are much smaller than an average spacecraft that may launch on an orbital flight from major spaceports For comparison, SpaceX's famous ...

WALLOPS ISLAND, VA - Precision sounding rockets are scheduled to lift off from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Officials say the launch window is from May 11-18. They say the launch will ...

WALLOPS ISLAND, VA– Three TOMEX+ mission sounding rockets were successfully from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Aug. 28. The rockets took off in succession starting at approximately 10:43 p.m., ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Two NASA rockets launched from Alaska on March 25, 2025, lit ...

Click to open image viewer. This is the WAC-Corporal liquid-fuel sounding rocket, the U.S.'s first successful sounding rocket. Developed from 1944 at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, it could lift 25 ...