Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael Harley is a noted automotive industry expert and analyst. Elon Musk, founder of Tesla, confidently announced in 2017 that ...

Animation specialist Hazegrayart treats the world to short videos of rockets in action. Most of the time, we get to see concepts from the early days of space exploration, ideas that never got a chance ...

After years of being bombarded with news and images about humanity’s space exploration efforts, pretty much all of us have the same mental image of a rocket: long cylinders tied close together, on top ...

SpaceX remains atop the list of new, upstart rocket companies trying to challenge famous old-space names like Lockheed and Boeing, but RocketLab, which is both based in the U.S. and New Zealand, is ...

The Ariane 5 rocket flew its last mission in June, leaving Europe without a heavy-lift vehicle to carry spacecraft to orbit. Its operator, Arianespace, is working on the rocket’s successor, the Ariane ...