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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites, aces droneship booster landing (video, photos)
By Josh Dinner published
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Fore Station on Thursday (April 24), carrying 28 Starlink satellites to orbit.

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

China launches Shenzhou 20 astronauts to Tiangong space station (video)
By Andrew Jones last updated
China's latest human spaceflight mission is headed for orbit early Thursday morning (April 24), and you can watch the action live.

NASA's SPHEREx team rings bell at New York Stock Exchange | Space picture of the day for April 23, 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
The New York Stock Exchange celebrated the launch of NASA's newest astrophysics observatory by having the probe's team ring the closing bell.

SpaceX launches 3 rockets from 3 pads in less than 37 hours (photos)
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX continues to keep up its torrid launch pace, sending three missions to orbit from three different pads over the course of a day and a half.

SpaceX launches European reentry capsule on 'Bandwagon-3' rideshare mission (video)
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX sent a pioneering private reentry capsule to space today (April 21) on a rideshare mission called Bandwagon-3.

SpaceX rocket launch creates a 'nebula' in the sky | Space picture of the day for April 21, 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
The plume from a rocket engine burn high in Earth's atmosphere caused a glowing spectacle similar in appearance to a nebula.

Amazon's Kuiper 1 internet satellites get new April 28 launch date on Atlas V rocket after delay
By Tariq Malik published
The first 27 satellites of Amazon's Project Kuiper internet constellation are now scheduled to lift off atop an Atlas V rocket on April 28 from Florida.
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