Usually, if a rocket is going to explode, it'll do it near launch, or close to the point of maximum dynamic pressure (Max-Q). But in the case of the Firefly Aerospace rocket earlier this week, it ...

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 ...

Skyroot Aerospace has successfully completed the developmental tests of the Vikram-1 rocket's retro motors as it steps closer to India's first privately built orbital rocket launch. The ...

The failure occurred just minutes after a 6:37 a.m. nominal liftoff — through thick fog — from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Space Force Base. The rocket suffered a failure between stage ...

A camera on the second stage of Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket shows debris falling away and a damaged or missing nozzle shortly after stage separation April 29. Credit: Firefly ...

SpaceX is targeting the launch of 29 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on Thursday morning.