Four astronauts in training to fly around the moon early next year strapped into their Orion spacecraft this weekend for a dress rehearsal countdown in a major milestone toward launch. Based on repeated stops and starts seen on NASA's countdown clock, the ...

The Department of the Air Force has approved SpaceX’s plans to launch up to 100 missions per year from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This would continue the tectonic turnaround at the spaceport on California’s Central Coast. Five years ago ...

The first week of December features 10 orbital launches from six different providers across four continents. SpaceX will launch five Starlink missions, deploying satellites to various orbital shells from California and Florida. Internationally, Arianespace ...

Blue Origin is working toward a Sunday, Nov. 9, launch of its New Glenn rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in Florida. Blue Origin will provide a live webcast of the rocket launch on its website, and is also likely to provide updates on social ...

Around this time last year, officials at United Launch Alliance projected 2025 would be their busiest year ever. Tory Bruno, ULA’s chief executive, told reporters the company would launch as many as 20 missions this year, with roughly an even split ...

A Falcon 9 rocket will launch Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base on December 16. The launch window is set for the morning, and the rocket will fly on a southeast trajectory. While the base is closed to the public, numerous viewing ...

Godspeed, New Glenn: Blue Origin’s massive rocket is about to take flight – for a second time. The company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos is preparing for New Glenn’s launch, a mission it refers to as NG-2, tentatively set for Sunday, Nov. 9, from ...

Liftoff occurred at 10:04 p.m. ET on Thursday (Nov. 13). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched a big and powerful telecom satellite to orbit on ...

As of Dec. 5, SpaceX is planning a Falcon 9 rocket launch from Southern California on Sunday, Dec. 7. The mission will deploy 28 Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County. While the base ...

Slowed by four main parachutes in predawn darkness, the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft descended and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, Jan. 15, wrapping up NASA's first-ever astronaut medical evacuation from the International Space Station.