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SpaceX to launch 24 Amazon internet satellites on Aug. 10 after delay: Watch it live
By Mike Wall last updated
SpaceX will launch a batch of Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband satellites on Sunday (Aug. 10) after a weather delay, and you can watch the action live.

On this day in space! Aug. 9 1976: Soviet Luna 24 sample return probe launches to the moon
By Hanneke Weitering last updated
On Aug. 9, 1976, the Soviet space program launched its last moon mission.

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.

European weather satellite readied for launch on Ariane 6 rocket | Space photo of the day for Aug. 8, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
The MetOp-SG-A1 weather satellite is loaded onto the Ariane 6 launch adapter as part of a mission for the European Space Agency.

SpaceX signs deal to fly Italian experiments to Mars on Starship's 1st commercial Red Planet flights
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX has signed a deal with the Italian Space Agency to fly Italian experiments on the first commercial Starship missions to Mars.

UK launching new rocket engine test lab on picturesque peninsula immortalized by Paul McCartney song
By Tereza Pultarova published
A picturesque Scottish peninsula immortalized in a hit Paul McCartney song from the 1970s will host a new U.K. rocket development hub.

Vulcan Centaur rocket to launch 1st national security mission on Aug. 12
By Mike Wall published
United Launch Alliance's new Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch its first-ever national security mission on Aug. 12, if all goes according to plan.

Rocket Lab launches private Japanese radar satellite to orbit from New Zealand (video)
By Mike Wall last updated
Rocket Lab launched its fifth mission for the Japanese Earth-imaging company iQPS early Tuesday morning (Aug. 5), sending a synthetic aperture radar satellite to orbit.
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