SpaceX's ambitious Starship program suffered a major setback when its latest test flight ended in a catastrophic mid-air ...

"The most probable root cause for the loss of ship was identified as a harmonic response several times stronger in flight than had been seen during testing, which led to increased stress on hardware ...

Prior to the odds dipping so low, CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood said if it landed in a populated area, it would "be truly catastrophic ... would certainly be a disaster of every proportion.

Space exploration has been marked by tragic disasters, such as the Apollo 1 fire, Soyuz 1 and 11 accidents, and the Space Shuttles Challenger and Columbia tragedies. These events emphasized ...

Starship rocket explodes after liftoff, second failure this year SpaceX faces setbacks in Mars rocket program FAA issues ground stops due to space debris ... Thursday's explosion "a minor setback ...

Lucas, who oversaw development of rockets for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and shouldered much of the institutional blame for the catastrophic explosion that killed all seven ...

Thomas-Greenfield said the world is just beginning to understand “the catastrophic ramifications of a nuclear explosion in space.” ...