Firefly Aerospace leaders told SXSW attendees about the Alpha rocket's return to flight and the company's plans for new launches and another mission to the moon.

Four rockets have launched so far in March from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base, and two more could launch within the next week.

100 years after Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket, NASA is preparing a return to the moon with the Artemis program.

Rocket Lab, a provider of launch services and spacecraft, announced it won a $190 million Pentagon contract for 20 hypersonic test flights. The award, issued by the Pentagon’s Test Resource Management Center under its Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed,

NASA’s Artemis II rocket could roll out to Launch Pad 39B a day earlier than expected, following quicker-than-anticipated completion of pre-launch work.

Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ:RKLB | RKLB Price Prediction) stock is spiking in Tuesday morning trading, with shares up 6% and heading toward $76. The move comes on a combination of continued Neutron rocket development milestones and growing investor enthusiasm tied to the anticipated SpaceX IPO,

Goddard launched the world’s first successful liquid-fueled rocket from a farm in Auburn, Massachusetts.   The rocket was small, only about 10 feet long, and the flight brief, lasting only 2.5 seconds,

North Korea recently test fired an estimated 10 ballistic missiles from its upgraded large-caliber multiple rocket launcher system, taking aim at an island target in the Sea of Japan in what was the country’s third ballistic missile launch since the start of 2026.