Hawthorne-based rocket launch and spacecraft developer SpaceX has delayed its next, West Coast launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, from tomorrow--Tuesday--to an indefinite future date. The delay comes as another storm system is expected ...

The next rocket launch out of Vandenberg Air Force Base--the launch of the United Launch Alliance's Delta IV Heavy--has been delayed again, and will launch no earlier than Sunday, January 6th, the ULA said over the holidays. The launch has ...

The United Launch Alliance launched its last Delta II rocket mission on Saturday morning from Vandenberg Air Force Base, north of Los Angeles, in a launch visible to much of the Los Angeles area. The launch--the final mission of the ULA's D...

The United Launch Alliance sent a payload into space from Vandenberg Air Force Base early Sunday morning, on a Delta II rocket. According to the ULA, it sent the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) for NASA and National Oceanic Atmosphe...

Satellite mapping company DigitalGlobe successfully launched its latest earth imaging satellite, Worldview-4, into space, on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Friday morning from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Residents of Santa Barbar...

In an interesting twist to the dramatic explosion of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in Florida last month, the company has apparently been investigating the possibility of sabotage to the company's rocket. The Washington Post said over the weeken...

The United Launch Alliance, the Boeing-Lockheed joint venture which had, until recently, a lock on contracts for national security launches for the Air Force, is taking aim at Hawthorne-based SpaceX. In a letter leaked to the Washington Pos...

Hawthorne-based SpaceX might be grounded for as long as a year, the company's prime competitor--the United Launch Alliance--told Reuters on Thursday. According to a report, Tony Bruno, CEO of the ULA, said it "typically" takes nine to 12 mo...

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX, the commercial spacecraft and rocket developer led by Elon Musk, looks to be the only bidder in a U.S. Air Force contract, to send a next generation GPS satellite into space. The move comes as competitor ...

Hawthorne-based SpaceX, the commercial rocket firm led by technology mogul Elon Musk, has scored a win in the courts, and has been granted an injunction by a U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge in a lawsuit against the United Launch Alliance...