Starship's seventh test ended in failure less than 10 minutes after leaving its Texas launchpad. The 400-foot spacecraft ...
A Johannesburg woman tried to light a rocket firework on New Year's Eve but it fell back down and exploded near her. She had ...
Here's a brief rundown of 12 of 2025's most memorable mishaps. One caveat first, though: There is no shame in being on the ...
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The rocket launched but the ground exploded

On April 20, 2023, Starship launched—successfully. But the real story was underground. The base of the launch pad—Stage ...
Bragg, 68, has been dubbed the "Bard of Barking" after his hometown, then in Essex but now part of east London. His teenage ...
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bomb Disposal Unit (BDU) successfully deactivated 35 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) throughout province ...
It has been a record year for space launches in Florida, shattering previous marks and reaching a record number of launches ...
In October 1960, a rushed Soviet missile test triggered a catastrophic explosion that killed over a hundred people and was concealed from the world for decades. Drawing on declassified records and ...
Ukrainian troops dismantled two Grad rocket systems in Donetsk using FPV drones, showcasing advanced tactics in the ongoing ...
Nano, South Korea’s first commercial orbital rocket, developed by the Innospace company, has crashed immediately after its ...
FAA documents revealed that three aircraft were in far greater danger than SpaceX let on of its Starship debris field.
SpaceX reportedly informed the FAA about the mishap after the agency had already activated debris response areas.