A crackdown on sulfur in ship fuel are linked to a steep drop in thunderclouds in the Indian Ocean and South China Sea.

Mr. Irving is an investigative journalist who has covered aviation and aerospace for more than 30 years.

U.K. start-up Pulsar Fusion has unveiled plans to build a fleet of reusable nuclear fusion-powered rockets, known as Sunbirds ...

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This was Starship’s eighth flight test and follows a failed flight in January. The spacecraft is essential to Elon Musk’s ...

But after the first-stage booster successfully landed atop a SpaceX drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean, a fire in the aft end of the rocket damaged one of the landing legs — and the booster tipped ...

Today’s mishap raises even more questions: Why did the FAA, which licenses commercial rocket launches ... s seventh test launch in January, the ship appears to have exploded less than 10 ...

Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, SpaceX launched another mammoth Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost contact minutes into the test ...

Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, is set for another test flight. During its last test run in January, the spacecraft exploded over the Caribbean, raining debris over populated islands.

“I was on a rocket ship with the Hooters that came down just as fast as it went up,” he says. “That happens in the business if you’re around for a while. I think it was really good for my ...

Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, is set for another test flight. During its last test run in January, the spacecraft exploded over the Caribbean, raining debris over populated islands.

The landing legs stuck up in the air and the melted body of the rocket hung off the side of the drone ship — making the first-stage booster nearly unrecognizable to casual observers. The only ...