On January 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart just 73 seconds after liftoff. Pilot Michael Smith's final words ...

After an unprecedented streak of 267 successful landings, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket booster dramatically exploded on a drone ship after completing its 23rd mission. Discover what went wrong and what it ...

The third time was not the charm for Space One's Kairos rocket. Kairos launched for the third time ever on Wednesday (March 4), lifting off from Space One's Spaceport Kii in Wakayama Prefecture at ...

ATLANTIC, Va. -- Crews searched for scorched wreckage along the Virginia coast Wednesday in hopes of figuring out why an unmanned commercial rocket exploded in a blow to NASA's strategy of using ...

For more than 60 years, nearly every large rocket used some combination of the same liquid and solid propellants. Refined ...

Japan's bid to become a private spacefaring nation hit a painful snag once again. Space One's KAIROS No. 3 rocket self-destructed just 69 seconds after liftoff on March 5, 2026, failing to achieve the ...

The South Korean startup Innospace failed during its first orbital launch attempt, which sent five satellites aloft on Dec.

Iran's retaliatory strikes have reverberated across Israel and the Gulf Arab states with missiles and drones fired into several countries, including regional US bases.