Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket blew up while the company was testing the spacecraft Sept. 29 at its Texas facility.

An exploding rocket rattled a small community north of Austin on Monday. Firefly Aerospace, which successfully landed an uncrewed spacecraft on the moon in March, was testing its Alpha rocket in ...

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (KABC) -- Space company Firefly launched its Alpha rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base Thursday evening, but it exploded within a few minutes into the flight.

The incident happened around 11 p.m. local time on Wednesday, June 18, while the spacecraft was preparing for its 10th test flight "The Starship preparing for the tenth flight test experienced a major ...

Isar Aerospace's first Spectrum rocket suffered an anomaly about 18 seconds into its first-ever launch and crashed. The ...

Starship is regarded as the world’s largest and most powerful launch vehicle ever developed. SpaceX is developing it for human spaceflights to the moon and Mars. The explosion occurred around 11 p.m.

Every rocket launch is a calculated gamble — millions of parts, tons of volatile fuel, and no margin for error. One mistake, ...

BRIGGS, Texas — Crews in Texas are picking up the pieces after a rocket exploded during a pre-flight test. Firefly Aerospace said an explosion happened on its test stand in Briggs, Texas. The ...

An experimental SpaceX rocket exploded at the end of a high-altitude test flight Tuesday, but heavy fog at the site left even SpaceX at least publicly uncertain about exactly what caused the explosion ...