CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The first SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket to launch in three years soared above a thick blanket of fog Tuesday morning sending a top-secret U.S. national security mission to space.

Southern California residents were alarmed Saturday evening when a sonic boom was heard throughout the area after a SpaceX rocket reentered the atmosphere. According to the Shortly before the noise ...

The Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara, California, serves military space launch missions as well as launches for NASA and commercial entities like SpaceX. But how do all those launches ...

Rocket launches are amazing spectacles, but close-up viewers know to bring a set of earplugs or earmuffs to protect their hearing. However, the boom of a launch isn't reserved for those who sign up to ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — If you need a reminder to turn your clocks back at 2 a.m. Sunday, maybe the boom you might hear less than an hour before could assist. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to lift off on ...

UPDATE (Wednesday): This story has been updated. For the latest update on the launch, click here. UPDATE: (Sunday): Vandenberg Space Force Base announced late Sunday afternoon that the COSMO-SkyMed ...

Southern Californians need not be alarmed this week if they hear a sonic boom, SpaceX warns. The aerospace company was aiming to launch NASA’s TRACERS mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on ...

The Air Force’s Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Vandenberg Space X launches says “overall launches for Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy up to 100 launches per year.” The Falcon Heavy, which has not ...