It sprayed Falcon 9's rocket fuel, which is essentially kerosene, onto a hot component of the engine, Gerstenmaier said. "It vaporized and created a flammable environment. But on the way up ...

The rocket that will launch NASA's Crew-10 is on the pad. This comes after a spacecraft swap and Falcon 9 incidents required additional testing.

The only tell-tale signs that the object had been a Falcon 9 rocket were nine engines found intact. SpaceX usually successfully lands the first stage of their Falcon 9 rockets. But this one had ...

On March 2, 2025, SpaceX successfully launched 21 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit using its Falcon 9 rocket. Up to this point, things were all right; the issue started after Falcon 9’s ...