Latest about Launches & Spacecraft
Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket launching for 1st time ever today
Europe's new heavy-lift Ariane 6 rocket is set to make its long-delayed debut on Tuesday (July 9).
SpaceX launches Türkiye's 1st homegrown communications satellite to orbit (video)
SpaceX launched Türkiye's first domestically produced communications satellite today (July 8), sending the craft aloft from Florida's Space Coast.
Firefly Aerospace launches 8 cubesats to orbit on 5th-ever launch (video)
Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket launched for the fifth time ever just after midnight on Thursday (July 4), sending eight cubesats to orbit.
SpaceX to launch NASA gamma-ray space telescope in 2027
NASA picked SpaceX's Falcon 9 to be the rocket ride for its COSI gamma-ray space telescope, which is targeted to lift off in August 2027.
SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites from Florida early on July 3 after delay (video)
SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida in the wee hours of Wednesday morning (July 3).
China launches communications satellite on 30th mission of the year (video)
A Long March 7A rocket launched the ChinaSat-3A spacecraft on June 29, boosting China's geostationary communications satellite fleet.
Watch SpaceX catch Starship Super Heavy booster with 'chopsticks' in this animation
A new SpaceX animation shows the company catching a returning Starship Super Heavy booster with the "chopstick" arms of its huge launch tower.
Not-so-static fire: Private Chinese rocket accidentally launches during test
Space Pioneer's new Tianlong-3 rocket took to the skies accidentally on Sunday (June 30), then crashed back to Earth in a dramatic explosion.
