A rocket launch from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base did not go to plan after the spacecraft experienced a midair "mishap." Firefly Aerospace, the Texas-based spaceflight company that ...

After escaping the marine layer, the Alpha rocket lifts off Tuesday morning at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Firefly Aerospace confirmed the mission experienced a mishap after liftoff. Credit: Firefly ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket suffered a technical issue on Tuesday as it ascended into space on its sixth flight, causing a Lockheed Martin satellite it was supposed to ...

The sixth-ever launch of Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket is officially a failure. The two-stage, 96.7-foot-tall (29.6 meters) Alpha lifted off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base this ...

A violent rocket explosion in Texas recently sent a cascade of fire and plumes of billowing smoke into the air that was captured on video. Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket blew up in dramatic fashion ...

Firefly Aerospace (NASDAQ:FLY) +5% post-market Tuesday after disclosing it received clearance from the Federal Aviation Administration to resume Alpha rocket launches following the Flight 6 mishap on ...

A male sperm whale can grow to weigh as much as 45 tons, and that's a lot for a creature of this world. The female of the same species, however, is three times lighter, and would be a perfect fit (in ...

Usually, if a rocket is going to explode, it'll do it near launch, or close to the point of maximum dynamic pressure (Max-Q). But in the case of the Firefly Aerospace rocket earlier this week, it ...