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Workers drive NASA’s space shuttle Crew Transport Vehicle, or CTV, to the Air Force Flight Test Museum.

On this day in space! Oct. 30, 1964: 1st Flight of the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle

By Hanneke Weitering last updated

On October 30, 1964, NASA's Lunar Landing Research Vehicle, or LLRV, took to the skies for the first time.

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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 SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Oct. 25, 2025.

Watch SpaceX launch its 100th Starlink mission of 2025 on Oct. 31

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX will launch its 100th Starlink mission of the year on Friday (Oct. 31), and you can watch the action live.

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Illustration of AKATSUKI by Akihiro Ikeshita.

Venus loses its last active spacecraft, as Japan declares Akatsuki orbiter dead

By Elizabeth Howell published

Japan declared its Akatsuki spacecraft dead on Tuesday (Oct. 28), more than a year after the Venus climate probe failed to respond to calls from mission control.

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A white and black rocket lifts off against a blue sky.

SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX launched 29 more of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit today (Oct. 29), sending them up from Florida's Space Coast.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Oct. 27, 2025.

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites from California, lands rocket at sea

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink satellites today (Oct. 27), sending 28 of them up from California's central coast.

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an orange and white rocket lifts off from its seaside launch pad

Japan launches advanced new cargo spacecraft to ISS for 1st time (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

Japan's new HTV-X cargo spacecraft launched on its first-ever mission to the International Space Station on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025.

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a white and black rocket lifts off into an overcast sky

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on its record 135th orbital mission of the year

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink satellites from California today (Oct. 25). It was the 135th orbital launch of 2025 for the company, setting a new record.

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Gilmour Space's Eris rocket launches for the first time ever on July 29, 2025.

Australia's Gilmour Space 'not going to give up' as it eyes 2nd orbital launch attempt in 2026

By Andrew Jones published

After a short-lived maiden flight in late July, Australia's Gilmour Space is rebuilding for a second orbital attempt and a stronger domestic launch ecosystem.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Spainsat NG-2 satellite from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Oct. 23, 2025. It was the company's 139th launch of the year, a new record.

SpaceX launches its record-breaking 139th mission of the year (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

SpaceX launched its record-setting 139th mission of the year today (Oct. 23), sending a Spanish military-communications satellite to orbit.

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