Simultaneous launches signal growing private interest in lunar exploration, traditionally dominated by governments.

The seventh test of SpaceX's huge Starship rocket was nothing short of exhilarating, with a fiery explosion and a successful booster catch.

Passengers on Qantas flights between Sydney and Johannesburg have encountered unexpected delays recently, with the airline attributing the disruptions to falling rocket debris from Elon Musk ’s SpaceX. The southern Indian Ocean, a region frequently crossed by Qantas flights, has become a designated splashdown zone for re-entering SpaceX rockets.

While Jeff Bezos has spent $14 billion to achieve his first space launch, his billionaire rival has built a thriving business, mostly with other people’s money.

Elon Musk's Space X has launched a rocket carrying two lunar landers, which took off into space this morning (15 January). Blue Ghost and Resilience, built by private companies in the US and Japan, left Earth aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA ’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:11 a.m. ET (6:11 GMT).

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin could revolutionize the space industry with its New Glenn rocket. Here's how it stacks up against SpaceX's Falcon 9.

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 of the company's Starlink broadband satellites, including 13 with direct to cell capabilities, is set to launch from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today (Jan. 10) during a 70-minute window that opens at 1:05 p.m. EST (1805 GMT).

Blue Origin, the rocket company founded by Jeff Bezos in 2000, waved off an attempt to launch its first orbital rocket. Blue Origin said engineers worked to troubleshoot an issue with the rocket but could not resolve the problem in time.

Despite the failure, Elon Musk appeared to see the bright side, posting: "Success is uncertain, but entertainment is guaranteed!"

Tesla CEO and Amazon founder vie for dominance of satellite launch market and could influence Nasa plans to return to Moon

In recent years, Space X has been a clear winner in space tech, even managing to catch a booster for the most powerful rocket ever built on a pair of ‘chopsticks’ last year, and stepping in to rescue two astronauts still stranded in space after the Boeing Starliner which carried them there was deemed not safe enough to take them home.

Disruption from increasing rocket launches is becoming a growing issue for commercial airlines