SpaceX is planning to return three stages of the Falcon Heavy rocket to Earth after launching to space, according to Ostrove, and the company is also banking on reusability for its interplanetary launches in the future. A turning point for the space industry ...
Blue Origin's first New Glenn rocket launches toward space on the NG-1 mission from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida on Jan. 16, 2025.(Image credit: Blue Origin) Blue Origin launches its first New Glenn rocket from Pad 36 of the Cape Canaveral Space Force ...
SpaceX launches the Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission and NASA's Lunar Trailblazer satellite to the moon, Feb. 26, 2025. (Image credit: Space.com / Josh Dinner) The Falcon 9 launched at 7:16 p.m. EST (0017 GMT on Feb. 27) this evening from KSC’s...
When it comes to SpaceX rocket launches, this year has been the busiest by a long way. In 2020, for example, the commercial spaceflight company led by Elon Musk achieved a total of 26 launches, while last year it sent 31 rockets skyward, with all of the missions involving its dependable...
This is not the first time SpaceX and the state commission have clashed over an increase in rocket launches. Earlier this year,SpaceX sought to increase the number of launchesfrom six to 36 a year, but commissioners noted the request came after the number of launches had already been exceede...
FILE VIDEO: ULA's Vulcan rocket launches for the first time carrying the Peregrine Moon lander to space. The liftoff happened from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Jan. 8. (video: ULA) CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla. – United Launch Alliance is preparing to bid farewell to the "most...
The company said the upcoming test flight aims to build on what SpaceX engineers learned from the previous launches “while attempting a number of ambitious objectives, including the successful ascent burn of both stages, opening and closing Starship’s payload door, a propellant transfer demonstratio...
This Week's Launches Since we don't seem to have gotten a new Rocket Report this week, I will list, here, all of the launches presently scheduled for the next seven days. It's going to be a busy week, with fully eight launches around the world, and SpaceX using...
There were no people on board this attempt to reach space with Starship. The company's leadership has previously emphasized that SpaceX expects to fly hundreds of Starship missions before the rocket launches with any crew. SpaceX was looking to surpass the nearly 4-minute flight of the first ...
To seize this opportunity, the company launched Hainan's first commercial aerospace tourism route last year, allowing visitors to explore the province's commercial space launch site, currently under construction. Having witnessed more than 10 rocket launches himself, Zhang Zuoxing said though the initi...