Starship launch unscheduled disassembly. Image: Eco News By Dara Kerr, Published by The Guardian, 17 July 2025 Texas has long been under threat from the launches and explosions of SpaceX rockets. Now Hawaii is emerging as another possible victim The north-west Hawaiian island of Mokumanamana is said to be touched
Image by Sergio Flores / AFP via Getty By Frank Landymore, Published by Futurism, 5 June 2025 "All flight 9 has proven is just how much of a dead end Starship is." Last week, both stages of SpaceX's Starship exploded after returning from space. The Super Heavy booster flew apart
Yellow and orange glow mapping radar intensity, overlaying a picture of Kosmos 482. (Fraunhofer FHR) By Michelle Starr, Published by Science Alert, 15 May 2025 More than 50 years ago in the early 1960s, the Soviet space program embarked on a bold new undertaking to go where no human had
The rocket explodes. Photograph: AP By Oliver Holmes, Published by The Guardian, 30 March 2025 Uncrewed Spectrum test rocket’s failure seconds after blast-off said to have produced extensive data nonetheless A test rocket intended to kickstart satellite launches from Europe fell to the ground and exploded less than a minute after takeoff from
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket debris burns up over Ingersleben, Germany on Feb. 19, 2025. (Image credit: Bennett Theile) By Julian Dossett, Published by Space.com, 20 February 2025 The Falcon 9 upper stage failed to deorbit as planned following its Feb. 1 launch. A SpaceX rocket stage fell to Earth early
An RS1 rocket from ABL Space Systems set up on a launch pad at the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska. (ABL Space Systems) By Davis Hovey, Published by KMXT, Kodiak, Alaska, 18 February 2025 The Alaska Aerospace Corporation is suing an aviation insurance group for the roughly $3 million it spent cleaning
Starship on launch pad By Jackie Wattles, Published by CNN, 1 February 2025 It was a typical balmy afternoon across the tropical islands that lie southeast of Florida, where tens of thousands of tourists flock this time of year for winter break. But on January 16, just after sundown, a
Image: EcoNews By Sanusha S., Published by EcoNews, 22 January 2025 SpaceX’s Starship flew for the seventh time on January 16, 2024, nearly taking off but impacting a cloud of explosive debris. Meanwhile, on completion of space exploration debris is raining down from the sky in the Caribbean and some
