Kairos failed on Wednesday (March 4), as it did on its first two launches. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, ...

A Japanese startup's third attempt to launch a rocket failed shortly after liftoff on Thursday, the latest in a string of ...

A Firefly Aerospace rocket launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base today may be visible across the West Coast, including Arizona.

The launch of Japanese startup Space One Co.'s Kairos No. 3 small rocket carrying satellites ended in failure Thursday, following the unsuccessful launches of the No. 1 and No. 2 units in 2024. If ...

Updated at 1:30 p.m. ET Satellite imagery shared exclusively with NPR shows that an Iranian rocket appears to have exploded on the launch pad Thursday. The imagery from the commercial company and ...

By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO, March 5 (Reuters) - Japan's Space One said its Kairos small rocket self-destructed 69 seconds after lift-off on Thursday, failing to achieve the country's first entirely ...

The start-up has so far had three failed launches in its attempt to become the first Japanese private entity to put a ...

On the Feb 12, 2026 USSF-87 launch, one of Vulcan’s four Northrop Grumman GEM 63XL solid rocket boosters (SRBs) suffered a nozzle burn-through (visible fiery ...

Saturday's twin failures involved a state-owned rocket and a private one, but observers said they were part of the industry's growing pains In a historic blow to its space programme, China suffered ...

Welcome to Edition 8.32 of the Rocket Report! The big news this week is NASA’s shake-up of the Artemis program. On paper, at ...

Japan’s private rocket company Space One watched its Kairos vehicle fail for the third consecutive time on March 5, 2026, ...

Firefly Aerospace's launch success rate is low, with recent mission failures weighing on investor sentiment. Check out why ...