SpaceX is starting 2026 with a high profile mission that will light up the skies over California tonight, sending an Italian radar satellite into orbit on a reusable Falcon 9. The flight is poised to mark the company’s first launch of the year and an ...

The first rocket of the year took to the night sky over Cape Canaveral early Sunday. Miss it? See the FLORIDA TODAY photos.

Blue Origin, the commercial space company founded by Jeff Bezos, has successfully completed its first operational mission with its New Glenn reusable rocket. That's one giant leap for the company, as it has now demonstrated that it is ready to take ...

The first test flight of Landspace's Zhuque-3 rocket ended in a fiery explosion after successfully reaching orbit. Chinese company Landspace launched its 216-foot (66-meter) stainless steel Zhuque-3 rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the ...

Welcome to Edition 8.23 of the Rocket Report! Several new rockets made their first flights this year. Blue Origin’s New Glenn was the most notable debut, with a successful inaugural launch in January followed by an impressive second flight in November ...

SpaceX is set to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on Jan. 4, 2026, after a holiday break. The company set a new Florida launch record in 2025 with 109 launches, 101 of which were Falcon 9 rockets. Launches from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Rocket Lab is getting ready to take a bigger bite out of the space launch market. The company recently completed final qualification tests on the ...

Welcome to Edition 8.19 of the Rocket Report! Thursday was a monumental day in launch history with Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket not just taking off successfully, but with the first stage masterfully returning to the surface of the ocean, hovering near ...