A commercial pilot declared ‘Mayday, Mayday’ after the SpaceX rocket explosion in January, it was reported. Flights were put at more risk than previously realised after the Starship rocket exploded ...

On January 16, SpaceX conceded that the latest prototype of its enormous Starship spacecraft had “experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn” — a tongue-in-cheek admission that ...

The first stage of Firefly Aerospace's 96-foot-tall Alpha rocket exploded while the spacecraft was vertical on a test stand in Briggs, Texas. Firefly made a name for itself in 2025 when its Blue Ghost ...