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China plans to catch its reusable rockets with constricting wires (video)
By Andrew Jones published
China's state-owned space contractor plans to catch its new reusable rockets with constricting wires, as a new video dramatically shows.
SpaceX launches 22 Starlink satellites from California (video)
By Mike Wall last updated
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites on Monday (April 1), after a multi-day delay.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket photobombs the moon in incredible award-winning shot
By Josh Dinner published
This amazing photo of a Falcon Heavy rocket transiting the moon won the Sony World Photography Awards 2024.
Spaceflight doubleheader! SpaceX launches 2 rockets in 4-hour span (video)
By Mike Wall last updated
SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets today (March 30) from Florida less than five hours apart.
Final launch of Delta IV Heavy rocket scrubbed late in countdown
By Mike Wall published
ULA scrubbed the last planned liftoff of its Delta Heavy IV rocket on March 28 late in the countdown clock. The new target date is April 9.
SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida (video)
By Mike Wall last updated
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 23 more of the company's Starlink broadband satellites to orbit this evening (March 25).
3 spaceflyers arrive at the ISS aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft
By Mike Wall published
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft delivered three spaceflyers, including one NASA astronaut, to the International Space Station today (March 23).
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ties reuse record with 19th launch (video)
By Mike Wall last updated
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched for a record-tying 19th time on Saturday evening (March 23), sending 23 Starlink internet satellites to orbit.
1st Belarusian woman reaches space on ISS-bound Soyuz launch (video)
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
For the first time, a spacecraft has lifted off with a flight attendant aboard. Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus, Oleg Novitsky of Roscosmos and NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson launched on Soyuz MS-25.
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