Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Californians are likely used to seeing SpaceX's Falcon 9 thundering into the sky and soaring overhead, but another rocket is soon ...

Firefly Aerospace, the Texas-based space company, is gearing up for a highly anticipated launch of its Alpha rocket. After a long 10-month hiatus caused by significant mishaps during previous tests, ...

The Firefly Aerospace rocket stands in the fog smothering Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sunday afternoon. The firm scrubbed the launch attempt. Credit: Contributed photo The ...

Firefly Aerospace on Monday afternoon announced that "out of an abundance of caution," the Alpha Flight 7 rocket launch, dubbed “Stairway to Seven,” has been canceled. The stand down for Monday ...

Update: Firefly Aerospace scrubbed the launch attempt due to " a sensor reading that was out of range," according to an updated launch alert. A new target liftoff date has not yet been announced. Get ...

Update: The launch was first postponed from Saturday, Feb. 28 to Sunday March 1 due to high upper winds in the flight path. The launch has been scrubbed again and a new target liftoff date has not yet ...

The upcoming test flight, dubbed "Stairway to Seven," is the seventh for the Alpha rocket. Following the mission, Firefly will debut a new, taller version of Alpha for flight 8. The company also ...