The Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) spacecraft launched tonight (Oct. 10) at 10:00 p.m. EDT (0200 GMT on Oct. 11) aboard a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket, which was released in midair ...

NASA's ICON satellite is ready for launch from Florida on Thursday. An L-1011 jet owned by Northrop Grumman will carry a Pegasus rocket to high altitude over the Atlantic, after which the rocket ...