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Watch SpaceX's Super Heavy Starship booster hover in mid-air before plunging into the sea (video)
By Josh Dinner published
SpaceX video from Starship's Oct. 13 launch shows the rocket's Super Heavy booster hovering over the gulf before its dive into the deep.

Watch the 2nd-ever launch of China's record-breaking Gravity-1 rocket (video)
By Mike Wall published
The Chinese company Orienspace's Gravity-1 solid rocket launched for the second time ever on Oct. 10, sending three satellites to orbit from the deck of a ship.

Watch Europe's upcoming PLATO exoplanet hunter spread its 'wings' (video)
By Elizabeth Howell published
PLATO powered up and extended its solar panels as the exoplanet-hunting spacecraft readies for launch as soon as December.

On this day in space! Oct. 16, 1975: NASA launches 1st GOES weather satellite
By Hanneke Weitering last updated
On Oct. 16, 1975, NASA launched the first operational GOES satellite!

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit on 130th Falcon 9 flight of the year
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX launched 28 more of its Starlink broadband satellites on Thursday morning (Oct. 16), sending them up from Florida's Space Coast.

SpaceX launches 21 communications satellites for the US military (video)
By Mike Wall last updated
SpaceX plans to launch 21 satellites for an advanced new U.S. military constellation this evening (Oct. 15), and you can watch the action live.

Watch a charred SpaceX Starship land in the ocean after acing Flight Test 11 (video)
By Josh Dinner published
New SpaceX footage from Starship Flight 11 shows the final moments of Oct. 13 mission, which ended with a picture-perfect splashdown in the Indian Ocean.

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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