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A white rocket stands again a blue cloudy sky.

Blue Origin launch of NASA Mars probes on New Glenn rocket delayed by weather, next try set for Nov. 12

By Tariq Malik last updated

NASA's first Mars launch in more than five years will wait a little longer to get off the ground.

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A white and blue Blue Origin rocket stands atop its launch pad for a NASA Mars launch.

Watch Blue Origin's huge New Glenn rocket launch a NASA 'ESCAPADE' to Mars on Nov. 12 after weather delay

By Mike Wall, Tariq Malik last updated

The ESCAPADE Mars mission is scheduled to launch atop a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket on Sunday (Nov. 9), and you can watch the action live.

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a triple-core rocket blasts off under a sunny, partly cloudy blue sky. smoke expands below next to an obscured launch tower, near a long white hanger with SPACEX written on the side. To the left, a bird flies away.

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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NASA’s Apollo 4 mission launched from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 9, 1967.

On this day in space! Nov. 9, 1967: Saturn V launches for 1st time with Apollo 4

By Hanneke Weitering, Elizabeth Howell last updated

On Nov. 9, 1967, NASA launched the powerful new Saturn V rocket on its maiden voyage.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 29 Starlink satellites from Florida on Nov. 9, 2025.

SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites from Florida's Space Coast (video)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX launched 29 more of its Starlink broadband satellites today (Nov. 9), sending them up from Florida's Space Coast.

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an ad banner for a Mars memorial spaceflight

This company wants to be the 1st to launch human remains to Mars. Will it ever get there?

By Jeff Spry published

Space memorial company Celestis has opened reservations for its "Mars300" spaceflight that aims to send human remains to orbit around the Red Planet.

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in the dark of night, a rocket blasts fire from its engines, sending plumes of smoke jetting out as it climbs the launch tower out of frame. A SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket launches from LC-39A, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, in Floriday, carrying members of SpaceX's Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station, April 27, 2022.

FAA restricts commercial rocket launches indefinitely due to air traffic risks from government shutdown

By Josh Dinner published

The FAA hopes to alleviate some of the airline delays being caused by the government shutdown, and will restrict commercial space launches during peak air traffic hours.

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A rocket blazes up into a night time sky with glowing orange clouds of smoke illuminated by the tail of the rocket in the night

SpaceX's fiery Falcon 9 comes in for a landing | Space photo of the day for Nov. 7, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The Bandwagon-4 rideshare mission, which launched on Nov. 2, sent 18 payloads to orbit and, like most SpaceX launches, featured a rocket landing.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Nov. 6, 2025.

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites from California's central coast (video)

By Josh Dinner published

SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink satellites to orbit from California's central coast today (Nov. 6).

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a streak of light stretches from the ground into the sky, arcing through clouds above a seascape

US military launches unarmed nuclear missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base

By Brett Tingley published

The U.S. military test launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile in a routine exercise to maintain the readiness of its nuclear arsenal.

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