OTD In Space - May 8: Centaur Rocket Explodes During Maiden Flight

On May 8, 1962, NASA's new Centaur rocket exploded in mid-air during its first test flight. The Centaur was an upper stage ...

Starship launches 11 times in 3 years. Here's a recap of each flight

On May 19, SpaceX could launch its Starship rocket on its 12th flight test, and 1st of 2026. What happened on previous ...
E&E

Musk’s exploding megarocket puts $8B in space investments at risk

Starcloud is a startup that’s racing to build massive data centers in space that supporters say could limit the strain artificial intelligence is placing on terrestrial electric grids. But the fate of ...
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Private South Korean rocket exploded last December due to hardware failure, investigation finds

South Korean startup Innospace says it knows what went wrong on its first-ever orbital launch attempt. Innospace sent its Hanbit-Nano rocket skyward for the first time ever on Dec. 22, from the ...
AOL

Frightening footage shows Iranian ‘cluster warhead’ explode on Israel street in deadly attack

Frightening footage from Monday shows an Iranian rocket exploding on an Israeli street in an attack that left one dead and another wounded. The rocket — part of a cluster warhead that sprays bombs ...
Wall Street Journal

Musk Calls SpaceX Probe Of Sept. 1 Rocket Explosion “Difficult And Complex”

More than a week after a Space Exploration Technologies Corp. rocket blew up on a Florida launchpad during routine fueling, company founder Elon Musk suggested investigators haven’t identified the ...