Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Dec. 22, 2023 on the company’s fourth-ever flight, a mission called “Fly the Lightning.” (Image credit: Firefly Aerospace/Trevor Mahlmann) We’ll likely have to wait a while to see Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket take to the skies again. The first stage of the rocket that Firefly was prepping to make Alpha’s seventh-ever flight exploded on Monday (Sept. 29) during...