Sea-based launches are hitting their stride. That could lead to a lot more space missions with a lot less red tape.

Sea Dragon was one of the proposals, led by American rocket engineer Robert Truax, which captured NASA's attention. "The Sea Dragon concept has been developed assuming that space transportation ...

That's because Blue Origin aims to recover the first stage of the New Glenn rocket, and sea states in the Atlantic Ocean have been unsuitable for an initial attempt to catch the first stage ...

Its second mission took place in December 2023 off Yangjiang, becoming the first sea-based rocket launch from the South China Sea. The third also happened off the coast of Yangjiang and placed ...