The first flight of the Ariane 5 rocket didn't make it far from the launch pad on June 4, 1996. It lost control, broke apart, and exploded about 30 seconds after liftoff.

If you've ever watched an action movie or played a shooter video game, you've almost definitely heard the name "bazooka" used to refer to an individual rocket launcher weapon.

Rocket launchers have made appearances in many wars over the course of history, from Imperial China to the Napoleonic Wars and the U.S. Civil War. Later, the technology was modernized just in time ...

They knew the launcher would have to be made as light as possible, so the Viking was the first large rocket built entirely of aluminum, as opposed to steel for the V-2.

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The Delta II rocket first launched in 1989, making it the oldest US orbital launch system still flying today. However, the heritage of this launch system is much older still. The Delta II rocket's ...