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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 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.

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a rocket launches aganist a blue sky

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 1st of 2 planned Starlink launches in 2 days, lands booster at sea (video)

By Josh Dinner published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

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The sun shines behind a white and brown Atlas V rocket carrying Amazon's Kuiper 1 satellites for an April 29, 2025 launch.

Watch Atlas V rocket launch 1st big batch of Amazon's Project Kuiper internet satellites today afer delay

By Mike Wall last updated

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will launch Amazon's first big batch of Project Kuiper broadband satellites today (April 28), and you can watch it live.

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two scientists in white lab coats stand next to a cylindrical spacecraft in a hangar

A failed Soviet Venus lander will fall back to Earth after being stranded for 53 years

By Leonard David published

A Venus lander launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 has been predicted to fall back to Earth some time in May.

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A black Firefly Aerospace rocket launches into space on Dec. 22, 2023

Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket scrubs launch attempt ahead of 6th mission, new flight date pending

By Mike Wall last updated

Firefly Aerospace plans to launch its Alpha rocket for the sixth time ever Monday morning (April 28), and you can watch the action live.

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Long-exposure photo of SpaceX's 250th dedicated Starlink launch, which took place from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on April 27, 2025.

SpaceX launches 250th Starlink satellite mission, lands rocket at sea (video, photos)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX launched its 250th dedicated Starlink mission on Sunday night (April 27), sending 23 of the broadband satellites to low Earth orbit.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink broadband satellites from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on April 24, 2025.

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.

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The Shenzhou 20 crew launch at 5:17 a.m. EDT on Thurs (April 24)

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.

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a man with dirty-blond hair and a light beard wearing a black suit, white shirt and tan tie pumps right fist in the air as he rings the closing bell at the new york stock exchange. Other men in suits applaud around him.

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.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the NROL-145 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on April 20, 2025.

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.

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