I n the race to conquer space during the Cold War, America’s first major attempt to launch a satellite ended in national embarrassment.The Vanguard rocket program, intended to showcase US ...

This is a Vanguard TV-2BU rocket, the U.S.'s first rocket specifically designed to launch satellites. As part of the Vanguard program, the Vanguard TV-2BU test vehicle was prepared for launch by the ...

SpaceX rocket is set to blast off from Vandenberg, sending Starlink satellites into space. Depending on weather, people in ...

What time does SpaceX Falcon 9 liftoff? People in California have plenty of locations where they can travel to see an afternoon rocket launch.

On December 6, 1957, the nation watched from television as the Vanguard launch vehicle began countdown from Cape Canaveral. At liftoff, the rocket rose a few feet—then blew up. Missile No. 29 ...

Sputnik 1's liftoff on Oct. 4, 1957 sparked worries in the U.S., made all the more vexing by the embarrassing and humiliating failure later that year of America's first satellite launch when the U ...