When a SpaceX Starship rocket went up in a fiery explosion in June 2025, it amplified criticism regarding the company's recent string of test failures. This was the fourth straight failure of the Elon ...

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk once revealed that a close friend tried to discourage him from starting his rocket company by making him watch a compilation of explosive rocket failures — a story now ...

With the investigation closed and modifications in place, Firefly says it is turning its attention to Alpha Flight 7. That ...

Firefly Aerospace launched its two-stage Alpha rocket from California early Tuesday, but something went wrong about two-and-a-half minutes into the flight, rendering the rocket unable to deploy an ...

Japanese startup Space One lost another rocket today (Dec. 18) when its Kairos 2 launch vehicle failed shortly after liftoff. Space One was aiming to be the first private Japanese company to put a ...

A Firefly Aerospace rocket failed to deliver its payload to orbit on Tuesday, creating a cloud of debris in the sky before falling back down toward an ocean crash. Firefly launched its Alpha rocket on ...

After three catastrophic in-flight failures in a row, SpaceX readied a huge Super Heavy-Starship rocket for launch Sunday evening from the Texas Gulf Coast to put a variety of upgrades to the test and ...

SpaceX’s innovative Starship system was already the biggest and most powerful the world has ever seen—and after six exciting test flights, the version that rocketed into the skies above South Texas ...