With the launch Friday and another Falcon 9 flight Monday (this one with a booster on its 15th mission), SpaceX has launched Falcon 9 rockets 423 times. The fleet leader, Booster No. 1,067, has now launched 457 satellites and eight astronauts over its 25 flights.
The heavy-lift New Glenn rocket reached orbit during its maiden flight on Thursday, bringing Blue Origin, a private company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, one step closer to competing with launch titan SpaceX.
SpaceX has lined up its first launch from Kennedy Space Center for the year on Wednesday morning. A Falcon 9 carrying 21 Starlink satellites is targeting a 10:27 a.m. liftoff from KSC’s Launch Pad 39-A during a window that runs until 2:17 p.m. with additional opportunities on Thursday beginning at 9:59 a.m.
The second Florida launch of 2025 is set to light up the sky on Sunday afternoon.
This is similar to SpaceX's recovery of the Falcon 9 ... look more inland − to the left − while still facing north. United Launch Alliance (ULA) launches rockets from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 41 − which is north of Space Launch Complex 40 ...
Nearly 25 years after Jeff Bezos founded Blue Origin, the company is finally poised to send its first rocket to orbit. New Glenn could lift off as early as next week.
The second launch of 2025 is set to lift off this afternoon from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40.
SpaceX launched the second rocket of the year from Cape Canaveral. The payload was the latest batch of Starlink satellites.
This is similar to SpaceX's recovery of the Falcon 9 ... United Launch Alliance (ULA) launches rockets from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 41 − which is north of Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC ...
NASA-backed private stations rise, India nears crewed flight, China eyes new milestones, and SpaceX pushes Starship’s limits.