The first stage of Firefly Aerospace's 96-foot-tall Alpha rocket exploded while the spacecraft was vertical on a test stand in Briggs, Texas. Firefly made a name for itself in 2025 when its Blue Ghost ...

Part of testing is pushing components way past their limits, so it's entirely possible that the team predicted a fiery end.

SpaceX rolled out an upgraded version of its megarocket for pre-launch testing, but images of the next-generation booster show signs of damage ahead of Starship’s first orbital flight early next year.

A SpaceX test flight that was 'destroyed' less than ten minutes after its launch in January put multiple passenger jets in serious danger while in flight over the Caribbean. The seventh un-crewed ...