Elon Musk’s SpaceX suspects a fire is to blame for his 400-foot-tall ... oxygen fuel may have built up pressure in the colossal rocket’s cavity during liftoff and sparked a fire.

The third Starship test flight last March saw the spacecraft reach its planned trajectory and fly halfway around the world ...

The three rockets will collect data on how a drop in sunlight and temperature during an eclipse affects Earth’s upper atmosphere. However, this will not be an examination of what happens during ...

The 30-second “hot fire test” intended to replicate the downward thrust required to get a rocket into space - without ... working as a pack. “They’re all vibrating,” he added, “so ...

HIMARS carries a single six-pack of rockets or one ATACMS missile on the ... premier rocket artillery system in the world. The HIMARS fire control system, electronics and communications units ...

It contains a fire control computer that integrates the vehicle and rocket launching operations. Without leaving the cab, the crew of three (driver, gunner and section chief) can fire up to twelve ...

For Dr V Narayanan, the new chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), this is a trial by fire, as it is the first big launch under his command. The rocket and the satellite have ...