A preflight test in Texas did not go according to plan for Firefly Aerospace on September 29, when the first stage of its Alpha rocket exploded in dramatic fashion. The resulting fireball and smoke ...

The Starship experienced a “major anomaly” before starting its 10th flight test. Elon Musk’s giant moon and Mars rocket has a mixed record of success. By John Yoon A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded in ...

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 ...

SpaceX's latest uncrewed Starship launch at first went off without a boom May 27 but eventually broke up almost an hour after it took off. After two test flights ended in dramatic explosions earlier ...

OSLO, Norway — A test rocket aimed at kickstarting satellite launches from Europe fell to the ground and exploded 40 seconds after takeoff from a Norwegian space port on Sunday, in what German startup ...