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Space Rocket Crashes in 2025: Why This Year Saw an Unusually High Number of Orbital Launch Failures
A wave of launch failures marked the global space race in 2025, with rockets from the US, China, Japan, India, South Korea and Europe suffering fiery mishaps. From Starship test explosions to failed orbital insertions and crashed lunar landers, setbacks underscored the risks of rapid innovation.
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Elon Musk Was Summer Intern At 'Rocket Science' Before He Found 'SpaceX', Shares Post
Mr Musk shared a picture of the game's CD and credits, which notably included his name under "ground control".
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SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket's Maiden Flight Unlikely to Be Successful, Says CEO Musk
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said there is a "good chance it would not make it to orbit in its first launch."
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Orbital ATK Set to Launch Cargo to Space Station on Tuesday
The unmanned Cygnus cargo ship, nestled atop an Atlas V rocket, is poised for take off during a 30-minute launch window beginning at 8:41pm IST (3:11pm GMT).
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SpaceX Wants to Try Recycling More of Falcon 9 Rocket
Musk tweeted on Friday that he is looking into a test to bring home the second stage of the company's new Falcon 9 Heavy rocket for reuse.
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SpaceX Hails 'Revolution' After Successful Used Falcon 9 Rocket Launch, Landing
The slightly scuffed Falcon 9 rocket soared into the sky over Cape Canaveral, Florida at 6:27 pm (10:27pm GMT).
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SpaceX to Hit Fastest Launch Pace With New Florida Site
“We should be launching every two to three weeks,” SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell told Reuters in an interview on Monday.
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Orbital ATK Launches Cargo Into Space Aboard Antares Rocket
Orbital's unmanned cargo ship is packed with roughly 2,300 kilograms of gear bound for the International Space Station astronauts living in orbit.
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Isro Says Next Reusable Launch Vehicle Test After Studying Flight Data
"We will have to study the data generated from the May 23 flight. Then we have to decide on the next set of technologies to be tested on the next flight."
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Isro to Look at Possibility of Recovering Rocket Stage
"We are also looking at that programme," K.Sivan, director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) told IANS on the phone from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
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Isro Successfully Tests Homegrown RLV as Mini-Shuttle
The mini-shuttle returned and plunged into the Bay of Bengal, about 500km away from the coast, after a 10-minute flight at about 70km above the Earth.
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3D Printer, 'Gecko Grippers' Head to ISS
The 59-metre Atlas 5 rocket soared off its seaside launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 3:05am GMT.
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European-Russian Spacecraft Blasts Off in Search of Life on Mars
Russia's Proton rocket carrying the spacecraft launched into an overcast sky at the Russian-operated Baikonur cosmodrome on Monday.
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Spacecraft to Seek Life on Mars in European-Led Mission
The craft, part of the European-Russian ExoMars programme, is to lift off from the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan on Monday.
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Jeff Bezos' Space Company Successfully Re-Flies, Lands Rocket for the Second Time
The rocket that flew on Friday was the same vehicle that made a successful test launch and landing two months ago.
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Space Rocket Crashes in 2025: Why This Year Saw an Unusually High Number of Orbital Launch Failures
A wave of launch failures marked the global space race in 2025, with rockets from the US, China, Japan, India, South Korea and Europe suffering fiery mishaps. From Starship test explosions to failed orbital insertions and crashed lunar landers, setbacks underscored the risks of rapid innovation.
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Elon Musk Was Summer Intern At 'Rocket Science' Before He Found 'SpaceX', Shares Post
Mr Musk shared a picture of the game's CD and credits, which notably included his name under "ground control".
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SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket's Maiden Flight Unlikely to Be Successful, Says CEO Musk
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said there is a "good chance it would not make it to orbit in its first launch."
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Orbital ATK Set to Launch Cargo to Space Station on Tuesday
The unmanned Cygnus cargo ship, nestled atop an Atlas V rocket, is poised for take off during a 30-minute launch window beginning at 8:41pm IST (3:11pm GMT).
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SpaceX Wants to Try Recycling More of Falcon 9 Rocket
Musk tweeted on Friday that he is looking into a test to bring home the second stage of the company's new Falcon 9 Heavy rocket for reuse.
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SpaceX Hails 'Revolution' After Successful Used Falcon 9 Rocket Launch, Landing
The slightly scuffed Falcon 9 rocket soared into the sky over Cape Canaveral, Florida at 6:27 pm (10:27pm GMT).
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SpaceX to Hit Fastest Launch Pace With New Florida Site
“We should be launching every two to three weeks,” SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell told Reuters in an interview on Monday.
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Orbital ATK Launches Cargo Into Space Aboard Antares Rocket
Orbital's unmanned cargo ship is packed with roughly 2,300 kilograms of gear bound for the International Space Station astronauts living in orbit.
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Isro Says Next Reusable Launch Vehicle Test After Studying Flight Data
"We will have to study the data generated from the May 23 flight. Then we have to decide on the next set of technologies to be tested on the next flight."
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Isro to Look at Possibility of Recovering Rocket Stage
"We are also looking at that programme," K.Sivan, director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) told IANS on the phone from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
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Isro Successfully Tests Homegrown RLV as Mini-Shuttle
The mini-shuttle returned and plunged into the Bay of Bengal, about 500km away from the coast, after a 10-minute flight at about 70km above the Earth.
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3D Printer, 'Gecko Grippers' Head to ISS
The 59-metre Atlas 5 rocket soared off its seaside launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 3:05am GMT.
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European-Russian Spacecraft Blasts Off in Search of Life on Mars
Russia's Proton rocket carrying the spacecraft launched into an overcast sky at the Russian-operated Baikonur cosmodrome on Monday.
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Spacecraft to Seek Life on Mars in European-Led Mission
The craft, part of the European-Russian ExoMars programme, is to lift off from the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan on Monday.
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Jeff Bezos' Space Company Successfully Re-Flies, Lands Rocket for the Second Time
The rocket that flew on Friday was the same vehicle that made a successful test launch and landing two months ago.
