The first Australian-built rocket to attempt orbit lifted off from Queensland in a blaze of optimism, then slammed back into scrubland seconds later, turning a long-awaited milestone into a sobering ...

A partially reusable Chinese rocket crash-landed after launch, according to state media, illustrating the challenges the country faces as it chases the technology mastered by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The ...

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 ...

A private Chinese space firm successfully sent its Zhuque-3 rocket to orbit but failed in its historic attempt to re-land the rocket booster – the first such trial by a Chinese firm as the country’s ...