A rocket carrying the cremated remains of a late Nasa astronaut exploded seconds after launch over the New Mexico desert. The small suborbital rocket by Colorado-based company UP Aerospace was ...

As an institution, the Pentagon has come to be known for many things over the years — its transparency, its generosity, its cunning. Consistency is not one of them. But in the wake of SpaceX CEO Elon ...

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NASA's Space Shuttle successfully reached orbit during its first attempt in April 1981. The Saturn V rocket that launched the first humans to the Moon also didn't explode during liftoff in July 1969.

AN American astronaut has captured the eerie sight of Elon Musk’s Starship exploding over Earth after SpaceX’s latest failed test flight. NASA spaceman Don Pettit snapped the dramatic breakup from the ...

A white shell-shaped cloud - likely the point of explosion - was also snapped AN American astronaut has captured the eerie sight of Elon Musk’s Starship exploding over Earth after SpaceX’s latest ...