Firefly Aerospace suffered a sharp fall in its share price after the first stage of its Alpha rocket was destroyed in a ground test. The impact of the explosion, and ensuing fire, on 29 September was felt beyond the company’s launch pad: It led to a dramatic 21% fall...
An Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Zoljanah (also known as Zuljanah) rocket was launched from the Semnan launch site in Iran at about 1500 GMT on 18 September, it is believed. The event, thought to be an orbital attempt, marked the third launch of the...
Firefly Aerospace has revealed the cause of the launch failure of its Alpha rocket that took place four months ago. On its sixth launch, Alpha lifted off from the Vandenberg launch site in California, at 1337 GMT on 28 April. At first all seemed to go well with the...
Eris, a 25m tall rocket, slowly lifted itself into the air on its maiden flight from Bowen, Abbot Point, in Queensland Australia at 2035 GMT on 29 July. The rocket, built by Australian startup Gilmour space, cleared its launch pad but then its climb stopped abruptly....
A test stand at SpaceX’s Starbase facility was severely damaged in an explosion, marking a potentially major setback to the SpaceX Starship programme. A refuelled Starship upper stage (Ship 36) was awaiting the start of an engine test at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas...
A Japanese lunar lander crashed on the Moon after it failed to sufficiently slow its descent. Hakuto-R M2’s collision, at 1915 GMT on 5 June, created a 16-metre-wide crater in the Mare Frigoris region of the Moon. The collateral of the crash included a mini rover,...
