Science news articles about 'private rocket'

A privately financed rocket was lost on its way to space, bringing a third failure in a row to an Internet multimillionaire’s effort to create a market for low-cost space-delivery business.

... the Obama administration to block $150 million that the White House wanted to spend to help private companies build rockets capable of reaching the international space station.

A Texas zero gravity experiment has won a $25,000 cash award and a free ride into space on a private rocket.