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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.

Launches & Spacecraft
a white and black rocket lifts off on a bright plume with an orange glow, set against a blue sky with wispy white clouds.

SpaceX launches Northrop Grumman's biggest-ever cargo spacecraft on its 1st mission to the ISS (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

SpaceX launched Northrop Grumman's new "Cygnus XL" cargo ship on its debut mission to the International Space Station on Sunday (Sept. 14).

Launches & Spacecraft
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carries 24 of the company's Starlink internet satellites to orbit from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sept. 13, 2025.

SpaceX launches 300th Starlink satellite-internet mission (video)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX launched 24 Starlink internet satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California today (Sept. 13). It was the 300th Starlink mission to date, according to the company.

Launches & Spacecraft
Russia's Progress 93 cargo spacecraft approaches the International Space Station on Sept. 13, 2025.

Russian Progress spacecraft arrives at the ISS with 2.8 tons of cargo

By Mike Wall published

Russia's Progress 93 freighter arrived at the International Space Station today (Sept. 13), two days after launching atop a Soyuz rocket.

International Space Station
A man looks at the camera sitting in the audience with other people wearing formal attire while a projector screen in the back is lit up with a grid-like image

UAP witnesses criticize Pentagon UFO office in Congressional hearing for 'using science and coming up with answers'

By Leonard David published

Witnesses and whistleblowers testified that the U.S. government knows more than it is letting on about encounters with UAP during a U.S. congressional hearing on Sept. 9.

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a man in a black t-shirt holds up a tray of plastic pouches filled with purple fermented milk aboard a space station.

Astronaut preps purple kefir for a vitamin boost | On the International Space Station Sept. 8-12, 2025

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

As their research activities continued, the Expedition 73 crew had a busy week on the International Space Station with the departure of a cargo vehicle and preparations for the arrival of two more.

International Space Station
An artist's illustration of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket in flight.

US Air Force selects Blue Origin and Anduril for rocket cargo delivery project: report

By Elizabeth Howell published

Blue Origin and Anduril each received AFRL contracts to deliver rocket-flown cargo to any point in the world within one hour, according to a media report.

Launches & Spacecraft
People hold signs outside on a sunny day in protest of NASA budget cuts, July 20, 2025.

NASA workers plan 3rd protest at D.C. headquarters on Sept. 15 to decry Trump's science funding cuts

By Josh Dinner published

Workers at NASA are planning a third "Save NASA" protest at agency headquarters in D.C. on Sept. 15, as job cuts, Trump's union-busting order and FY26 budget proposals fuel fears of lasting damage.

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A photo of the moon Enceladus with a blue plume of steam underneath it as it sits in the darkness of space

Is there life on Saturn's moon Enceladus? New study complicates the search

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

"Although this doesn't rule out the possibility that Enceladus' ocean may be habitable, it does mean we need to be cautious in making that assumption just because of the composition of the plumes."

Search for Life
A man in a suit sit looks to the right in front of the bottom half of a nasa meatball logo.

'I'll be damned if that's the story we write': Acting NASA Administrator Duffy vows not to lose moon race to China

By Josh Dinner published

'Wake up and ask yourself, 'Is what I'm doing helping us get back to the moon?' … If it's not, stop doing it.'

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