The sprayed rocket propellant landed on a very hot rocket engine, creating flammable vapors. The fire was not seen earlier as the oxygen to cause the reaction is non-existent high up in the ...

Watch how the Space Launch System rocket RS-25 undergoes a core stage engine test-fire. Credit: NASA's Stennis Space Center ...

In August 2024, the Starlink 8-6 mission ended with the booster catching fire on the A Shortfall of Gravitas drone ship. When the drone ship returned to Port Canaveral, the rocket's nine engines ...

While the Crew-10 launch was scrubbed at Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday night, SpaceX did manage to send up a Falcon 9 ...

So far, the consequences of these failures have not been lethal. But space remains a difficult, hazardous game. Reentering ...

SpaceX made multiple changes in the wake of a January Starship failure, only to suffer a second straight vehicle breakup ...

The rocket engine has come a long way - from fire arrows in ancient China to massive boosters capable of launching humans to ...

SpaceX is set to send up late Monday its first Falcon 9 from the Space Coast since a fire destroyed a booster after it landed. This Falcon 9 booster is flying for the 22nd time set to launch 21 ...

Spokesman-Review reporter Nick Gibson is in Florida this week to report on Anne McClain’s and NASA’s SpaceX launch from the ...