Rocket Report: Ariane 64 to debut soon; India has a Falcon 9 clone too?

A growing cadence … The Ariane 6 rocket has launched five times, including its debut flight in July 2024. All of the launches ...

Space Rocket Crashes in 2025: Why This Year Saw an Unusually High Number of Orbital Launch Failures

A surge in global space launches in 2025 also brought a spike in failures, from SpaceX and Japan’s H3 to private rockets in China and South Korea.
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Artemis rocket booster hits a test anomaly at NASA

The latest test of a next-generation rocket booster for NASA’s Artemis program ended with a violent hardware failure, a stark reminder that deep space ambitions still hinge on unforgiving engineering ...

Superheavy-lift rockets like SpaceX’s Starship could transform astronomy by making space telescopes cheaper

NASA, SpaceX and Blue Origin have all successfully launched superheavy-lift rockets. These massive vehicles are designed to ...
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As U.S. and China race to the moon, America's hopes rest on SpaceX — and it's behind

As SpaceX’s Starship rocket thundered into the South Texas sky this week, a crowd of employees outside mission control began to chant, “U-S-A, U-S-A!” It was the second successful test flight after a ...