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China's 1st reusable rocket explodes in dramatic fireball during landing after reaching orbit on debut flight
The first test flight of Landspace's Zhuque-3 rocket ended in a fiery explosion after successfully reaching orbit.
SpaceX can launch its Starship megarocket from Florida pad, Air Force says
The U.S. Air Force has given SpaceX permission to develop SLC-37 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as a launch site for its Starship megarocket.
On this day in space! Dec. 3, 2014: Japanese spacecraft launches to an asteroid
On Dec. 3, 2014, Japan launched the Hayabusa2 spacecraft on a mission to fetch a sample from an asteroid.
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 29 Starlink satellites from Florida (video)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink broadband internet satellites launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025.
Cosmonaut removed from SpaceX's Crew 12 mission for violating national security rules: report
Veteran cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev was taken off SpaceX's Crew 12 mission to the International Space Station after violating ITAR regulations, according to the Russian publication The Insider.
China to bring damaged spacecraft back to Earth after sending up replacement for stuck astronauts
China's space agency has announced it will return a damaged spacecraft back to Earth without crew after a suspected debris strike left it unfit for flight.
SpaceX launches 60th mission of the year from California (video)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 27 Starlink internet satellites early Tuesday morning (Dec. 2). It was the company's 60th liftoff of 2025 from the Golden State.
Europe's Vega C rocket launches advanced Korean Earth-observation satellite to orbit (video)
Europe's Vega C rocket launched for the sixth time ever today (Dec. 1), sending South Korea's powerful KOMPSAT-7 Earth-observation satellite to orbit.
