An upgraded version of one of the solid rocket boosters being used for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) experienced an ...

The new booster is is scheduled to launch on the ninth Artemis lunar mission in the 2030s — but there's a chance that it will ...

A video of the static fire test showed a large plume of exhaust burning through part of the booster.

Engineers didn't immediately acknowledge the issue during that broadcast, apart from one controller uttering "Whoa," followed by an audible gasp. The company later confirmed a problem occurred late in ...

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A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded during a routine test on Wednesday (18 June) at Starbase, the company’s launch site in ...

We were in Shetland to film the latest developments in the UK's space race when the rocket launch pad caught fire so dramatically. Our BBC crew was a safe distance across a bay, around a mile away ...

This image created from a SpaceX video, shows the moment when the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket's first-stage fell over in flames after landing on an ocean platform offshore, Aug. 28, 2024, in the ...

Elon Musk's SpaceX suspects a fire is to blame for his 400-foot-tall Starship breaking apart in space after launching from Texas -- sending trails of flaming debris raining down near the Caribbean.

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The 30-second “hot fire test” intended to replicate the downward thrust required to get a rocket into space - without anything actually taking off. But it was immediately clear the test had ...