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SpaceX will now try to launch critical Starship Flight 13 test today after delays. Here's what to expect.

By Mike Wall Last updated 24 July 26

SpaceX plans to launch Starship Flight 13 today (July 24), a test mission that will send "V3" Starlink satellites to space for the first time ever. Here's how to watch it live.

What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 13 launch today? (Full mission timeline)

By Tariq Malik Last updated 24 July 26

SpaceX will launch its next Starship, carrying the first V3 Starlink satellites, on the Flight 13 test mission today (July 24) after delays. Here's what time it flies.

How to watch SpaceX launch Starship Flight 13 today

By Samantha Mathewson Last updated 24 July 26

SpaceX's 13th Starship test flight will carry out the first deployment of Starlink V3 satellites while testing booster recovery and upgraded flight systems in a key step toward operational missions.

On this day in space! July 24, 1950: The 1st launch From Cape Canaveral lifts off

By Hanneke Weitering Last updated 24 July 26

On July 24, 1950, the very first rocket to ever launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida blasted off into space with the Bumper 2 mission.

Planet hunter gets the silent treatment | Space photo of the day for July 24, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd Published 24 July 26

ESA's Plato spacecraft completes critical testing ahead of its spaceflight.

The easiest way to learn the summer night sky starts with these 3 stars

By Jamie Carter Published 24 July 26

How to use the Summer Triangle stars — Vega, Deneb and Altair — as a key to unlock your understanding of the night sky.

Epic photo captures lightning striking a Chinese rocket during liftoff

By Brett Tingley Published 24 July 26

Lightning struck a Chinese Long March-3B rocket shortly after liftoff this week, but the launch still successfully placed its satellite payload in orbit.

This Week In Space LIVE: The Viking Mars landings 50 years later

By Tariq Malik Published 24 July 26

Tune in today, July 24, at 1:30 p.m. ET for a LIVE This Week In Space taping to mark the 50th anniversary of the Viking landings on Mars.

Hubble telescope watches unique nova explosion fire cosmic 'bullets' through the Milky Way at 20 million mph

By Robert Lea Published 24 July 26

Using Hubble, astronomers have discovered that the only known "helium nova" in the Milky Way is riddling our galaxy with cosmic bullets travelling at 20 million mph.

Vulcan Centaur swapped out again: NASA goes with SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket for launch of space weather mission

By Josh Dinner Published 23 July 26

NASA's SunRISE mission has been assigned a new launch vehicle: It will now be delivered to orbit by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket rather than a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur.