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Atlas V rocket will launch Amazon's 1st big batch of Project Kuiper internet satellites on April 9
By Mike Wall published
Amazon's first big batch of Project Kuiper broadband satellites will lift off a week from now, if all goes according to plan.

US Space Force picks Rocket Lab and Stoke Space to compete for national security launches
By Andrew Jones published
Private launch companies Rocket Lab and Stoke Space have been selected to compete for future U.S. national security space launches.

Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?
By Tariq Malik, Josh Dinner 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.

Drone pilot who flew over Vandenberg Space Force Base sentenced to 4 months in jail
By Brett Tingley published
A California man has been sentenced to jail for flying a drone over Vandenberg Space Force Base and photographing the installation.

NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope takes its 1st cosmic images: 'The instrument team nailed it'
By Monisha Ravisetti published
NASA's new infrared telescope named "SPHEREx" has officially opened its eyes to the cosmos.

Cryptocurrency billionaire watches SpaceX rocket launch on the way to his own SpaceX rocket launch
By Tariq Malik published
Cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang and his Fram2 private astronaut crew got a two-for-one deal when they watched a rocket launch ahead of their own launch on March 31.

SpaceX launches private Fram2 astronauts on historic spaceflight over Earth's poles
By Josh Dinner published
SpaceX launched the Fram2 astronaut mission today (March 31), the first-ever crewed spaceflight to orbit Earth over its poles.

Watch a private German rocket explode during 1st orbital launch attempt from European soil (video)
By Mike Wall published
A dramatic video shows Isar Aerospace's first orbital launch attempt, which ended with a fiery crash into the frigid sea about 30 seconds after liftoff.
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