BYU student brewing rocket fuel in dorm kitchen causes massive ‘fireball’ explosion

A Brigham Young University student was brewing homemade rocket fuel on a dormitory stove when the concoction suddenly exploded into a massive “fireball,” according to campus police. The blast from the experiment-gone-wrong set off fire alarms and sprinklers at Heritage

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship event leaves a lot of questions around the company’s big rocket

Elon Musk delivered an update on the company’s progress and plans for Starship, its next-generation launch spacecraft, from the Starship development site in Boca Chica, Texas. Musk had an impressive backdrop — the combined Starship and Super Heavy booster launch

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Rocket Report: Virgin Galactic delays flight, Falcon Heavy nets NASA mission

Enlarge / Inspiration4 reflected in the shores of the St. Johns River on the space coast of Florida. Welcome to Edition 4.16 of the Rocket Report! We’ve experienced an inspiring week of spaceflight thanks to the launch of the Inspiration4

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Rocket Report: Next Falcon Heavy launch date set, Soyuz 5 engines clear tests

Enlarge / The Falcon Heavy rocket could launch again in one month. Welcome to Edition 4.15 of the Rocket Report! This week, we have an update on the cause of the Alpha rocket launch failure and scads of news about

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Rocket Report: Alpha launches and then blows up, ULA to stop selling Atlas V

Enlarge / China may use a modified version of its Long March 5 rocket for lunar missions. Welcome to Edition 4.14 of the Rocket Report! Lots of drama this week as Astra’s launch suffered an engine failure during its most

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China may use an existing rocket to speed up plans for a human Moon mission

Enlarge / China’s Long March 5 rocket made its debut in November, 2016. Xinhua/Sun Hao China appears to be accelerating its plans to land on the Moon by 2030 and would use a modified version of an existing rocket to

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NASA’s big rocket misses another deadline, now won’t fly until 2022

Enlarge / The launch vehicle stage adapter for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket is integrated with the core stage in June. NASA Publicly, NASA is still holding on to the possibility of a 2021 launch date for the debut flight

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Rocket Report: Webb telescope ready for launch, LOX shortage slows SpaceX

Enlarge / Estes is now selling a New Shepard model rocket for $69.99. Welcome to Edition 4.13 of the Rocket Report! While there may be a LOX shortage in launch, there is no shortage of launch news this week. So

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