12 times rockets and spacecraft crashed and burned in 2025

Starship debris is seen streaking through the sky after the January 16 explosion. Captured from video by Brian Henry By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 29 December 2025 2025 was a very busy year for spaceflight, for better and for worse. We saw quite a few milestones notched in the

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An artist's impression of the TIMED spacecraft scanning Earth in orbit. (Image credit: Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribbenu003c/strongu003e)

Turkey builds Somalia spaceport as U.S., China and France increase satellite surveillance

An artist's impression of satellite scanning Earth in orbit. (Image credit: Johns Hopkins APL) Published by Hiraan Online, 13 December 2025 Mogadishu (HOL) — Turkey has begun construction of a satellite and rocket launch site on Somalia’s Indian Ocean coast, a project officials say will advance Ankara’s space ambitions and

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Ukrainian owner of Scots space rocket firm linked to online gambling in Russia and ‘I am naughty’ dating site

Skyrora's Skylark L ahead of a suborbital launch attempt from Iceland’s Langanes peninsula in October 2022. Credit: Skyrora By Billy Briggs, Published by The Ferret, 26 October 2025 He is the Ukrainian owner of a space rocket company pivotal to Scotland’s burgeoning space industry, who aims to use private enterprise

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