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SpaceX is fueling a Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Space Force Base in anticipation of launching a classified payload for the U.S. Space Force this evening. Liftoff of the USSF-481 mission is set for 5:01 p.m. PDT (8:01 p.m. EDT / 0001 UTC). Watch live: youtube.com/live/vzFtQ3z...

SpaceX is getting ready to send its revolutionary Starship vehicle to orbit for the first time. Liftoff from Starbase in Texas is scheduled for 7:15 a.m. CDT (1215 UTC). Our live coverage is now underway: youtube.com/live/FyQU5Nd...

SpaceX briefly fired up the nine Merlin 1D engines on the Falcon 9 rocket that will carry the next crew to the International Space Station. The static test fire, a routine part of pre-launch preparations occurred at 3 a.m. EDT (0700 UTC). 📷 John Pisani/Spaceflight Now.

SpaceX is counting down to a test fire of the Falcon 9 rocket that will carry Crew 13 to the International Space Station. The short engine ignition is planned for 3 a.m. EDT (0700 UTC). Watch it live: youtube.com/live/thfYPsR...

SpaceX is planning a Wet Dress Rehearsal today at Starbase in which it will load super-cold liquid oxygen and liquid methane aboard the Starship/Super Heavy scheduled to launch on Flight 14 as soon as Sept. 28. Watch live views (🎥 Avid Space): youtube.com/live/thfYPsR...

SpaceX is fueling a Falcon 9 rocket at pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base ahead of the Starlink 15-27 mission. Liftoff is scheduled for 6:47 p.m. PDT (9:47 p.m. EDT / 0147 UTC). Watch live: youtube.com/live/GjBMPqh...

An early-evening Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base Saturday will add another 27 satellites to SpaceX’s Starlink constellation. Liftoff is scheduled for 6:47 p.m. PDT (9:47 p.m. EDT / 0147 UTC). spaceflightnow.com/2026/09/19/l...

A Russian cargo ship is closing in on the International Space Station this morning. Docking of the Progress M-35 is scheduled for 9:46 a.m. EDT (1346 UTC). Watch live: youtube.com/live/thfYPsR...

Following a scrub yesterday, SpaceX aims to launch its Falcon 9 rocket on the USSF-259 mission tonight. Liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 6:07 pm PT (9:07 pm ET / 0107 UTC). Watch live: youtube.com/live/zKKHrz8...

Roscosmos preparing to launch its next Progress cargo spacecraft on a resupply mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 4:33 pm local time (9:33 am ET / 1333 UTC). Watch live: youtube.com/live/thfYPsR...

Avio Group is counting down to the launch the launch of a Vega-C rocket, carrying a pair of Earth observation satellites. Liftoff from Kourou in French Guiana is scheduled for 10:21 p.m. local time (9:21 p.m. EDT / 0121 UTC / 3:21 a.m. CEST). Watch live: youtube.com/live/6gBHkNX...

Avio Group is counting down to the launch the launch of a Vega-C rocket, carrying a pair of Earth observation satellites. Liftoff from Kourou in French Guiana is scheduled for 10:21 p.m. local time (9:21 p.m. EDT / 0121 UTC / 3:21 a.m. CEST). Watch live: youtube.com/live/6gBHkNX...

Besxar flew a pair of semiconductor manufacturing canisters called Fabships on a trip to space and back aboard a Falcon 9 rocket in July. We spoke to the company’s founder to learn more about this inaugural flight, the first of 12 designed to prove out future orbital missions. youtu.be/TFLLvc7sB60

Our live coverage of the USSF-153 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California is now underway. Liftoff of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled for 8:42 a.m. PDT (1142 a.m. EDT / 1542 UTC). Watch live: youtube.com/live/hHjWLWx...

SpaceX is preparing to launch its latest batch of Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base this morning. Liftoff from pad 4E is set for 7:26 a.m. PDT (10:26 a.m. EDT / 1426 UTC). Watch live: youtube.com/live/cnU8ocJ...

SpaceX is fueling a Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff with 27 satellites for the Starlink internet service is scheduled for 1:42 a.m. PDT (4:42 a.m. EDT / 0842 UTC). Watch live: youtube.com/live/bwGo6lI...

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman says the newly launched Roman Space Telescope could change our understanding of the universe. youtu.be/XCkrKxWS36s

SpaceX is counting down to the launch of NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Liftoff atop a Falcon Heavy rocket from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for 7:26 a.m. EDT (1126 UTC). Watch live coverage: youtube.com/live/Ab0UUfV...

SpaceX is counting down to the liftoff of the Starlink 10-49 mission from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. SpaceX is aiming to fly its Falcon 9 rocket at 5:33 a.m. EDT (0933 UTC). Watch live coverage: youtube.com/live/QMm5d54...

SpaceX is fueling a Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff with 27 satellites for the Starlink internet service is scheduled for 12:25 a.m. PDT (3:25 a.m. EDT / 0725 UTC). Watch live: youtube.com/live/YWa56tU...

SpaceX is preparing for its second attempt to launch the Starlink 10-39 mission from Cape Canaveral following an abort in the final minute of the count. Liftoff this morning is scheduled for 11:14 a.m. EDT (1514 UTC). Watch live: youtube.com/live/cXMbCrn...

SpaceX is preparing to launch a batch of 29 Starlink V2 Mini satellites from Cape Canaveral this morning. Liftoff from pad 40 is scheduled for 11:38 a.m. EDT (1538 UTC). Watch live: youtube.com/live/c0RiIZt...

NASA astronaut Anil Menon and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot are getting ready for a spacewalk to replace a communications antenna outside the International Space Station. Watch live coverage: youtube.com/live/thfYPsR...

SpaceX is preparing to launch two Falcon 9 rockets from both Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg tonight with a mission for Globalstar up first. Liftoff of that mission from pad 40 at the Cape is scheduled for 9:12 p.m. EDT (0112 UTC). Watch Live: youtube.com/live/nRnjNth...

SpaceX is fueling a Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff with 24 satellites for the Starlink internet service is scheduled for 9:46 p.m. PDT (12:46 a.m. EDT / 0446 UTC). Watch live: youtube.com/live/U2JcYtG...

SpaceX will make another attempt to launch the Starlink 10-19 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station late this morning. Liftoff from pad 40 is scheduled for 11:58 a.m. EDT (1558 UTC). Watch live: youtube.com/live/grXTQno...

SpaceX is counting down to the launch of another 24 satellites for its Starlink internet service. Liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California is scheduled for 9:35 a.m. PDT (12:35 p.m. EDT / 1635 UTC). Watch live: youtube.com/live/HOTEJM2...

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Anil Menon are stepping outside the International Space Station for a spacewalk to work on the orbiting outpost's power system and prepare for the installation of new solar arrays. Watch live: youtube.com/live/thfYPsR...

SpaceX is scheduled to launch its 90th Falcon 9 rocket of the year this morning. Liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 10:05 a.m. PDT (1:05 p.m. EDT / 1705 UTC). Watch live: youtube.com/live/cUU6opP...

SpaceX is fueling a Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California ahead of the planned launch of 24 Starlink satellites. Liftoff is scheduled for 8:08 p.m. PDT (11:08 p.m. EDT / 0308 UTC). Watch our live coverage: youtube.com/live/PbmXfq3...

SpaceX is getting ready to launch 24 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff is scheduled for 8:08 p.m. PDT (11:08 p.m. EDT / 0308 UTC). spaceflightnow.com/2026/07/31/l...

SpaceX is counting down to the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff of the NROL-95 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office spy satellite agency is scheduled for 3:10 a.m. EDT (0710 UTC). Watch live: youtube.com/live/5cokZJ3...

Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud‑Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev and NASA astronaut Chris Williams are returning to Earth this morning aboard the Soyuz MS-28 capsule. Watch live coverage. youtube.com/live/thfYPsR...

SpaceX's Starship Flight 13 is now in the rear-view mirror. Here's our look back at what happened and what SpaceX and NASA are hoping comes next: youtu.be/kUxOr5WK_Qs

SpaceX is fueling a Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California ahead of the planned launch of 24 Starlink satellites. Liftoff is scheduled for 8:51 a.m. PDT (11:51 a.m. EDT / 1551 UTC). Watch our live coverage: youtube.com/live/OLi0lfr...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch from the West Coast carrying another batch of satellites for the company's Starlink internet service. Liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 8:51 a.m. PDT (11:51 a.m. EDT / 1551 UTC). spaceflightnow.com/2026/07/25/l...

SpaceX says everything is on track for launch of the Starship Flight 13 mission from Starbase, TX, at 5:45 pm CT (6:45 pm ET / 2245 UTC). Join us for live coverage: youtube.com/live/Ew0Xu1R...

As SpaceX gets ready for another attempt to launch its 13th Starship test flight, enjoy some sights and sounds from the launch site at Starbase, Texas, collected by Spaceflight Now videographer Adam Bernstein. youtu.be/ZdzlLL3Hhds

SpaceX is fueling a Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Liftoff of the Starlink 17-39 mission is set for 7:49 a.m. PDT (10:49 a.m. EDT / 1449 UTC). Watch live: youtube.com/live/mXVL1SQ...

Our live coverage of the 13th test flight of SpaceX's Starship launcher is now underway. Liftoff from Starbase in Texas is scheduled for 5:45 p.m. CDT (6:45 p.m. EDT / 2245 UTC). Watch live: youtube.com/live/dZ6-A4i...

SpaceX is set to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station before sunrise this morning. Liftoff of the Starlink 10-45 mission is set for 5:10 a.m. EDT (0910 UTC). Watch live: youtube.com/live/IStWHfc...

Liftoff of 27 Starlink satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Watch live coverage: youtube.com/live/9j-W-79...

SpaceX is now fueling a Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Space Force Base on a mission to deliver 27 Starlink satellites to orbit. Liftoff from pad 4E is set for 6:28 p.m. PDT (9:28 p.m. EDT / 0128 UTC). Watch live: youtube.com/live/9j-W-79...

Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California carrying 24 Starlink satellites. Watch live coverage: youtube.com/live/Qz3H6fh...

SpaceX is fueling a Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Space Force Base ahead of launching the Starlink 17-48 mission. Liftoff is set for 8:01 p.m. PDT (11:01 p.m. EDT / 0301 UTC). Watch live: youtube.com/live/Qz3H6fh...

SpaceX is counting down to the launch of its 80th Falcon 9 rocket of the year. It's targeting liftoff of the Starlink 10-42 mission at 5:25 a.m. EDT (0925 UTC) this morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Watch live: youtube.com/live/nlP96Nj...