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 shares fell sharply after one of the company’s rockets exploded during testing, raising new concerns about the challenges facing the newly public space technology provider. The stock ...

Reaching Alpha Centauri within a single human lifetime has long sounded like science fiction, yet a new generation of nuclear pulse concepts is forcing that timeline into serious discussion. The idea ...

The booster stage for Firefly Aerospace’s next Alpha rocket was destroyed Monday in a fiery accident on the company’s vertical test stand in Central Texas. Engineers were testing the rocket before ...

Welcome to Edition 8.13 of the Rocket Report! It’s difficult for me to believe, but we have now entered the fourth quarter of the year. Accordingly, there are three months left in 2025, with a lot of ...

WASHINGTON — Firefly Aerospace says it will upgrade its Alpha launch vehicle, making changes intended to improve the reliability of a rocket that has experienced several failures. The company ...

The first stage of Firefly Aerospace's 96-foot-tall Alpha rocket exploded while the spacecraft was vertical on a test stand in Briggs, Texas. Firefly made a name for itself in 2025 when its Blue Ghost ...