On June 30, at Blue Origin’s West Texas test facility, a BE-4 rocket engine experienced a catastrophic failure during a firing sequence. Approximately ten seconds into the test, the engine detonated, ...

Science is built on making assumptions and then testing those assumptions, and sometimes the testing part has a bit of a ...

A rocket carrying a communications satellite, the Changzheng 7A (Long March 7A), exploded shortly after liftoff in China.

SpaceX successfully deployed the first third-generation Starlink satellites on Friday using an upgraded version of its prototype Starship — the 13th test flight of its mega-rocket to date. But the ...

A Chinese rocket set to launch a satellite into orbit blew-up seconds after liftoff Monday, marking the relatively rare failure for a rocket considered the workhorse of Beijing’s space program.

A massive fireball lit up the Florida coast this week after Jeff Bezos' space company, Blue Origin, suffered a dramatic failure during a critical rocket test—raising big questions about what happens ...

SpaceX called off a test flight of its powerful Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster as the countdown clock reached zero Thursday at the company’s spaceport in South Texas. The launch team at ...

SpaceX's mega Starship rocket came within a second or so from blasting off on a test flight Thursday, but some of the engines failed to ignite, triggering a launch abort amid billowing clouds of smoke ...

On Thursday evening, Blue Origin attempted to test fire its massive New Glenn rocket at its Florida launch site, but something went very wrong after engine ignition. The super heavy lift rocket ...

Russia on Sunday began investigating the loss of a commercial satellite and a separate glitch on the International Space Station, sparking fears over the industry’s safety. A commission to investigate ...