Isar Aerospace's first Spectrum rocket suffered an anomaly about 18 seconds into its first-ever launch and crashed. The rocket launched from Europe's Andøya Spaceport in Norway. Credit: Space.com | fo

Dozens of startups working on data centers, mining and pharmaceuticals are hanging on Elon Musk's long-stalled megarocket.

A rocket touted as Japan’s first from the private sector to go into orbit exploded shortly after takeoff on Wednesday, Mar. 13.

Update: Firefly Aerospace scrubbed the launch attempt due to " a sensor reading that was out of range," according to an updated launch alert. A new target liftoff date has not yet been announced. A Texas spaceflight company is planning a rocket launch ...

For decades, the Soviet Union pretended it had never truly raced America to the Moon. The truth was buried in the wreckage of the N1 - a colossal 30-engine rocket built to rival the Saturn V and carry Soviet cosmonauts to the lunar surface.