Two rocket failures in one day show that space (still) isn’t easy

With the likes of SpaceX rattling off rocket launches seemingly every other day, you could be forgiven for thinking that ...

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 ...

Japan's new flagship H3 rocket fails to put geolocation satellite into orbit

Japan's space agency said its H3 rocket carrying a navigation satellite failed to put the payload into a planned orbit, a ...
The Verge

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is grounded after fiery landing failure

The FAA grounding may cause further delays to the upcoming Polaris Dawn mission. The FAA grounding may cause further delays to the upcoming Polaris Dawn mission. is a news writer focused on creative ...
Ars Technica

Firefly’s rocket suffers one of the strangest launch failures we’ve ever seen

Firefly Aerospace launched its two-stage Alpha rocket from California early Tuesday, but something went wrong about two-and-a-half minutes into the flight, rendering the rocket unable to deploy an ...
The National Interest

Why the Eris Rocket Launch Failure Matters for Australia’s Space Program

The Gilmour-built rocket will one day symbolize success, securing Australia as a competitive space power. The race for space is on (again). This time, there are far more players than in the previous ...
Gizmodo

Japanese Startup’s Second Orbital Launch Attempt Ends in Failure as Kairos Rocket Self-Destructs

As a result of the failure, Japan's private sector has yet to independently place a satellite in Earth orbit. Reading time 2 minutes A Japanese startup’s second attempt to launch its solid-fuel rocket ...