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a triple-core rocket blasts off under a sunny, partly cloudy blue sky. smoke expands below next to an obscured launch tower, near a long white hanger with SPACEX written on the side. To the left, a bird flies away.

Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?

By Tariq Malik last updated

Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.

Launches & Spacecraft
a white rocket stands on a launch pad at night

Watch Blue Origin launch its 1st New Glenn rocket early Monday in a free livestream

By Mike Wall last updated

Blue Origin plans to launch the debut mission of its powerful New Glenn rocket early Monday morning (Jan. 13), and you can watch the action live.

Launches & Spacecraft
Ruko U11MINI drone

Ruko U11MINI drone review

By James Abbott published

Review The Ruko U11MINI is a lightweight beginner drone with a multitude of plus and minus points that don't make it the most straightforward option.

Review
The upper stage of SpaceX's Starship megarocket rolls out to the launch pad at the company's Starbase site on Jan. 9, 2025 ahead of a planned Jan. 13 test flight.

SpaceX Starship Flight 7 launch: Live updates

By Tariq Malik last updated

Read the latest news about SpaceX's Starship megarocket test flights, launches, photos and more.

Launches & Spacecraft
A silver stainless-steel SpaceX Starship is assembled for launch on the pad for Flight 7.

What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 7 launch test on Jan. 13?

By Tariq Malik published

SpaceX's seventh Starship test flight will launch on Monday, Jan. 13, at 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT).

Launches & Spacecraft
Two Saturnian moons are seen side by side (not to scale) as imaged by a NASA spacecraft.

On this day in space! Jan. 11, 1787: William Herschel discovers 2 moons of Uranus

By Hanneke Weitering last updated

On Jan. 11, 1787, the English astronomer Sir William Herschel discovered two moons at Uranus!

Space Shuttle
A silver stainless-steel SpaceX Starship is assembled for launch on the pad for Flight 7.

SpaceX assembles the world's largest rocket for Starship Flight 7 test launch (photos)

By Tariq Malik published

SpaceX just stacked its Starship megarocket to prepare for the vehicle's seventh test flight, which is scheduled for Jan. 13.

Launches & Spacecraft
a handful of white and tan buildings, one with a large blue nasa logo, sit in the foothills of mountains.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab still 'untouched' by raging LA fires

By Mike Wall published

The powerful Eaton fire has not reached the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, NASA's lead center for robotic planetary exploration.

Space Exploration

Endeavour: NASA's youngest space shuttle

By Tariq Malik last updated

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Three small cubesats, including the wooden LignoSat, deploy from the International Space Station. NASA posted this photo via X on Dec. 13, 2024.

World's 1st wooden satellite deploys from ISS to demonstrate cleaner spacecraft tech (photo)

By Tereza Pultarova published

LignoSat's six-month mission will demonstrate whether wood could help reduce the environmental impact of spaceflight in the future.

Satellites
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