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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch two of SES' O3b mPOWER satellites on July 21, 2025. SpaceX called that day's attempt off.

SpaceX aborts satellite launch 11 seconds before liftoff (video)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX aborted the planned launch of two of SES' O3b mPOWER communications satellites just before liftoff on Monday evening (July 21). The company will try again tomorrow (July 22).

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a white and black rocket lifts off at night, its engine thrust lighting up its launch pad and surrounding area

Friday night light: SpaceX launch from California sends two dozen new Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit (video)

By Robert Z. Pearlman last updated

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Friday, July 18, 2025.

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Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket launches on its debut flight from Florida on Jan. 16, 2025.

Twin NASA Mars probes will fly on 2nd-ever launch of Blue Origin's huge New Glenn rocket

By Mike Wall published

Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket now has a payload for its second-ever flight — NASA's ESCAPADE Mars mission.

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Artist's impression of a space plane that could result from Europe's Invictus program.

Europe working to launch 'Invictus' hypersonic space plane by 2031 (video)

By Mike Wall published

The European Space Agency is funding the development of a hypersonic space plane pathfinder, which will start flying by 2031, if all goes according to plan.

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A man in a bright shirt and hard hat stands next to a domed piece of metal on a crane

NASA preps key piece of Artemis IV moon rocket for lunar mission | Space photo of the day for July 17, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

NASA moved its payload adapter at the Space Flight Center in Huntsville to prepare for the upcoming Artemis IV mission

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband constellation from Florida on July 16, 2025.

SpaceX launches 3rd batch of satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper megaconstellation (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

SpaceX launched 24 of Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband satellites early Wednesday morning (July 16), the 56th anniversary of the Apollo 11 liftoff.

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a downward-facing camera mounted on a rocket captures the Earth below as the booster climbs to space

SpaceX launches 26 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit from California (video)

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 26 Starlink internet satellites into low Earth orbit after lifting off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on July 15, 2025.

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SpaceX's Starship megarocket soars above Earth on its ninth test flight, on May 27, 2025.

SpaceX will launch next Starship flight in 'about 3 weeks,' Elon Musk says

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX plans to launch the 10th test flight of its Starship megarocket about three weeks from now, according to company founder and CEO Elon Musk.

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A Long March 7 rocket launches the Tianzhou 9 cargo mission to China's Tiangong space station on July 14, 2025.

China launches new spacesuits, other supplies to Tiangong space station (video)

By Mike Wall published

A Long March 7 rocket lifted off this evening (July 14), sending China's Tianzhou 9 cargo spacecraft toward the Tiangong space station.

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a white and black rocket launches into the dark of night, its bright white thrust lighting up its launch pad and surrounding area.

SpaceX launches mystery satellite to geostationary transfer orbit (video)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX launched a mystery satellite to geostationary transfer orbit from Florida's Space Coast early Sunday morning (July 13).

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