China opened its space sector to private investment in 2014, which led to the formation of several launch startups. More ...

With the likes of SpaceX rattling off rocket launches seemingly every other day, you could be forgiven for thinking that sending massive vehicles to space had become as easy as baking a cake. But as ...

When a SpaceX Starship rocket went up in a fiery explosion in June 2025, it amplified criticism regarding the company's recent string of test failures. This was the fourth straight failure of the Elon ...

A surge in global space launches in 2025 also brought a spike in failures, from SpaceX and Japan’s H3 to private rockets in ...