Before SpaceX became one of the most valuable companies in the world, it suffered three consecutive rocket failures. By 2008, Elon Musk had invested nearly everything he had. The fourth launch wasn't ...

Japan’s flagship H3 rocket blasted off from Kagoshima Prefecture on June 12, placed artificial satellites into their planned orbits and helped to quickly restore confidence in the nation’s space ...

A Chinese rocket has disintegrated in orbit in a dramatic failure that occurred alarmingly close to SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network, adding yet another layer of concern to the increasingly ...

NASA’s attempt to save an aging space telescope from falling back to Earth was delayed Thursday after a launch issue scrubbed ...

Dozens of rockets took flight Thursday afternoon in Hazel Green as part of NASA's 2026 Student Launch competition. Thirty-two teams participated in the event, including the University of Alabama in ...

Welcome to Edition 7.47 of the Rocket Report! Let’s hope not, but the quarrel between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk may be remembered as “Black Thursday” for the US space program. A simmering ...

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 ...

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See key moments in SpaceX history, from Elon Musk celebrating with the team when there were fewer than 10 employees, to its milestone rocket launches.

The two-stage Hanbit-Nano took off at 10:13 p.m. local time on Dec. 22. Credit: Innospace Innospace's attempt to become the first South Korean launch operator to reach orbit suffered a setback when ...