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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.

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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 today?

By Tariq Malik last updated

SpaceX's seventh Starship test flight will now launch no earlier than Wednesday, Jan. 15, at 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT).

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Man uses one of the best telescopes and binoculars to look at the night sky as the sun sets and telescopes are on tripods around him

Best telescopes 2025: Bring the universe closer with the best telescopes for stars, planets, nebulas and more

By Gemma Lavender last updated

Buying Guide Here are the best telescopes for a range of different purposes and budgets — beginner to smart telescopes and everything in between. Keep your eyes peeled for deals, too.

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Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander is seen here attached to the upper stage of its SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket shortly before its deployment on Jan. 15, 2025.

What's next for the 2 private landers SpaceX just launched toward the moon?

By Mike Wall published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket just launched lunar landers built by Firefly Aerospace and Tokyo-based company ispace. What's next for the two craft?

Launches & Spacecraft
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 launching Starship Flight 7 today: Watch it live

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX is set to launch the seventh test flight of its Starship megarocket today (Jan. 15) at 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT), and you can watch the action live.

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A stunning image of zodiacal light and the Milky Way captured from the ISS by NASA astronaut Don Petit

Space pictures! See our space image of the day

By Space.com Staff last updated

Space.com's image of the day rounds up the most awe-inspiring space photos right here, with a new image everyday.

Astrophotography
An artist's illustration of the first-ever docking of two crewed spacecraft during the Soviet Union's Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 missions on Jan. 16, 1969.

On this day in space! Jan. 15, 1969: The USSR launches Soyuz 5

By Hanneke Weitering last updated

On Jan. 15, 1969: The USSR launched the Soyuz 5 mission, which met and docked with Soyuz 4 a day later.

Space Shuttle
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Blue Ghost and Resilience moon landers from Florida's Space Coast on Jan. 15, 2025.

SpaceX launches 2 private lunar landers to the moon (video, photos)

By Josh Dinner published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched lunar landers for Firefly Aerospace and the Japanese company ispace early this morning (Jan. 15).

Launches & Spacecraft
a small model of a red and white house is mounted to a gold foil-covered lunar rover with white wheels

Little house on the (moon) prairie: Artist's 'Moonhouse' set to lift off on lunar lander

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

The moon is about to gain its first tiny house. Launching on a Japanese lunar lander is the "Moonhouse," a project by Mikael Genberg 25 years in the making.

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a gold-foiled fixed-leg lander probe stands on a grey semi rocky surface beneath a black sky.

Here's what NASA is sending to the moon on Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander

By Josh Dinner published

NASA is sending a suite of science and technology demonstrations on Firefly Aerospace's Ghost Riders in the Sky mission to the surface of the moon.

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