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A Rocket Lab Electron rocket with one preflown first-stage engine launches a satellite for the company Capella Space on Aug. 23, 2023.

Rocket Lab delays launch due to space collision concern

By Mike Wall last updated

Rocket Lab will launch five "Internet of Things" satellites for the French company Kinéis this week after a delay due to orbital traffic.

Launches & Spacecraft
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
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Space calendar 2025: Rocket launches, skywatching events, missions & more!

By Space.com last updated

Reference Keep up with all the rocket launches, astronomical events and mission milestones for 2025 with our space calendar.

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the blues and whites of earth can be seen in the background while a silver-and-black cylindrical rocket takes up the right side of the image

Falling space debris is a growing worry for aircraft, new research suggests

By Leonard David published

Uncontrolled space debris reentries are of growing concern for air traffic, as SpaceX's recent Starship Flight 7 showed.

Launches & Spacecraft
Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth's horizon, a spacesuit-turned-satellite called SuitSat began its orbit around the Earth after it was released by the Expedition 12 crewmembers during a spacewalk on Feb. 3, 2006.

On this day in space! Feb. 2, 1967: U.S. Air Force launches Keyhole-7 spy satellite

By Hanneke Weitering last updated

On Feb. 3, 2006, astronauts at the International Space Station tossed an empty spacesuit into space all by itself … for science.

Space Shuttle
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida on Nov. 7, 2024.

SpaceX launching 21 Starlink satellites from Florida on Feb. 4

By Mike Wall published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch 21 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station early Tuesday morning (Feb. 4)

Launches & Spacecraft
embroidered circular patches, one mounted to a backing card, displaying the same design of an astronaut in a multicolor spacesuit floating above Earth.

Astronaut's mission 'back to Earth' lands on colorful spacesuit patch

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Astronaut Nicole Stott, who has made it her mission to promote the healing power of art and the need to protect our planet, has inspired a new "Signature Edition" embroidered patch.

Human Spaceflight
a white-haired man looks down at his phone backdropped by mountains

Magnificent communication: Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin tests Verizon satellite service in new ad

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin has teamed up with Verizon to help promote the company's satellite-based solution to cell service "dead zones" in a new commercial.

Apollo
streaks of fire in the evening sky

How much did SpaceX's Starship Flight 7 explosion pollute the atmosphere?

By Tereza Pultarova published

The rapid unscheduled disassembly of SpaceX's Starship mega rocket may have released significant amounts of harmful air-pollution into the upper layers of Earth's atmosphere.

Space Exploration
A Japanese H3 rocket launches the Michibiki 6 navigation satellite from Tanegashima Space Center on Feb. 2, 2025.

Japan launches navigation satellite on nation's 1st mission of 2025 (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

A Japanese H3 rocket launched the Michibiki 6 navigation satellite early Sunday morning (Feb. 2), the nation's first liftoff of 2025.

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