KUSHIRO, Japan -- A private rocket came crashing back down to Earth and subsequently exploded into a ball of fire just seconds after launch in Japan early Saturday. The 2,000-pound, 32-foot unmanned ...

Self-styled daredevil "Mad" Mike Hughes died Saturday after a homemade rocket in which he launched himself crashed into the ground near Barstow, his publicist confirmed. He was 64. kabc BARSTOW, Calif ...

A rogue rocket booster could collide with the moon in the next few weeks, according to space experts, an event that could leave a crater on the far side of the moon. The SpaceX Falcon rocket stage was ...

An experimental SpaceX rocket exploded at the end of a high-altitude test flight Tuesday, but heavy fog at the site left even SpaceX at least publicly uncertain about exactly what caused the explosion ...

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A rocket crashed back to Earth shortly after liftoff Monday in the first launch accident for Jeff Bezos’ space travel company, but the capsule carrying experiments managed ...

We saw quite a few milestones notched in the final frontier this year. But there were a number of failures as well, some of ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Chinese rocket is set to crash on Saturday, July 30, but is there a chance that it could land in southwest Missouri? Scientist and host of Netflix show “Emily’s Wonder Lab,” Emily ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- The first Australian-made rocket to attempt to reach orbit from the country's soil crashed after 14 seconds of flight on Wednesday. The rocket Eris, launched by Gilmour ...