Mr. Irving is an investigative journalist who has covered aviation and aerospace for more than 30 years.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk may have an additional work-related headache outside of the public outcry to his ongoing efforts to slash public budgets. TechCrunch reported Thursday evening that the ...

His new “Starships” have lost control and come apart over the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos. Do Americans really believe ...

Musk’s SpaceX has faced multiple hurdles recently, ending two straight rocket launches with explosions. After the second explosion last week, Musk deemed it a “minor setback” and said SpaceX ...

As of Friday morning, the cause of the explosion is still unknown, but SpaceX reported losing communication with the rocket after launch. “Once you lose enough of those center engines ...

SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft tumbled and exploded in space today minutes after lifting off from Texas, dooming an attempt to ...

Yet again, one of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets ... the 400-foot rocket launched from Brownsville, Texas, and exploded shortly after experiencing engine failure upon reaching space and spinning ...

engineers “solved” the problem by simply blowing inert helium gas through the engine compartment to dissipate the leaking hydrogen. Ironically, Musk’s Starship —engineered in a similar ...