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The Shenzhou 20 crew launch at 5:17 a.m. EDT on Thurs (April 24)

China launches Shenzhou 20 astronauts to Tiangong space station

By Andrew Jones last updated

China's latest human spaceflight mission is headed for orbit early Thursday morning (April 24), 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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a man with dirty-blond hair and a light beard wearing a black suit, white shirt and tan tie pumps right fist in the air as he rings the closing bell at the new york stock exchange. Other men in suits applaud around him.

NASA's SPHEREx team rings bell at New York Stock Exchange | Space picture of the day for April 23, 2025

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

The New York Stock Exchange celebrated the launch of NASA's newest astrophysics observatory by having the probe's team ring the closing bell.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the NROL-145 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on April 20, 2025.

SpaceX launches 3 rockets from 3 pads in less than 37 hours (photos)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX continues to keep up its torrid launch pace, sending three missions to orbit from three different pads over the course of a day and a half.

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a white and black rocket gives off a large plume as it lights its engines to lift off off its launch pad

SpaceX launches European reentry capsule on 'Bandwagon-3' rideshare mission (video)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX sent a pioneering private reentry capsule to space today (April 21) on a rideshare mission called Bandwagon-3.

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a red and blue nebula-like display is left behind by a rocket engine's plume

SpaceX rocket launch creates a 'nebula' in the sky | Space picture of the day for April 21, 2025

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

The plume from a rocket engine burn high in Earth's atmosphere caused a glowing spectacle similar in appearance to a nebula.

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A white Atlas V rocket with strap on boosters vents gas during fueling for Amazon's Kuiper 1 satellite launch.

Amazon's Kuiper 1 internet satellites get new April 28 launch date on Atlas V rocket after delay

By Tariq Malik published

The first 27 satellites of Amazon's Project Kuiper internet constellation are now scheduled to lift off atop an Atlas V rocket on April 28 from Florida.

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a black and white rocket ignites its nine engines, lighting up its launch pad in the darkness of night

SpaceX launches its 32nd Dragon cargo mission to the ISS

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

SpaceX launched its 32nd cargo mission to the International Space Station today (April 21), sending more than 3 tons of supplies and scientific hardware to the orbiting lab for NASA.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Dragon spacecraft atop, stands at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 4, 2024, in preparation for the agency’s SpaceX 31st Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station.

SpaceX launching Dragon cargo capsule to ISS early April 21: Watch it live

By Mike Wall published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a robotic Dragon cargo ship to the International Space Station early Monday morning (April 21), and you can watch the action live.

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The first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket comes down for a landing on a ship at sea after launching the NROL-145 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on April 20, 2025.

SpaceX launches 10th batch of 'proliferated architecture' spy satellites for US government (video)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX launched the 10th batch of "proliferated architecture" spy satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base today (April 20).

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