A damage assessment is underway at the Firefly Aerospace rocket facility in Briggs after an explosion at a test stand.

Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket blew up while the company was testing the spacecraft Sept. 29 at its Texas facility.

The fireball that erupted Monday afternoon from a Firefly Aerospace test stand in Briggs was captured by a security camera.

During a preflight test of Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha Flight 7 rocket, the first stage of the unmanned spacecraft exploded.

A preflight test in Texas did not go according to plan for Firefly Aerospace on September 29, when the first stage of its Alpha rocket exploded in dramatic fashion. The resulting fireball and smoke ...