When a rocket launches with some payload (like a satellite), it needs a fairing. The fairing, essentially the rocket's nose cone, is the covering on top of the payload that makes the spacecraft ...

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Last Thursday, SpaceX performed its first full-blown fairing recovery test during the Falcon 9 launch of PAZ and two Starlink demonstration satellites. The attempt involved a new addition to the ...

The payload section of the H3 rocket being installed on top of the second stage before its unsuccessful launch Dec. 22. Credit: JAXA WASHINGTON — An H3 launch failure in December may have been caused ...