spaceflight

China completes six orbital launches in six days

China's space launch sector put on a striking display of capacity and variety last week, sending four different orbital rockets aloft in roughly 45 hours from September 15 to 17 — and then following up with two more launches by…

SpaceX sends vessel to recover Starship floating in Indian Ocean

More than 100 hours after achieving its softest splashdown ever, SpaceX's Starship upper stage remains afloat in the Indian Ocean, and the company is now sending a vessel to retrieve it.