In response to a query from Ars about the engine test anomalies, Rocket Lab Chief Executive Officer Pete Beck downplayed concerns.

China’s push to match the world’s leading space powers hit a dramatic setback when a private rocket company failed to bring back the first stage of a reusable launcher after a high‑stakes debut flight ...

The dramatic explosion of a SpaceX Starship upper stage rocket during a test at the company's Starbase facility on the Texas Gulf coast late Wednesday may have been triggered by the rupture of a ...