SpaceX launches its ‘Starfall’ return capsule for 2nd time ever (video)
SpaceX launches its ‘Starfall’ return capsule for 2nd time ever (video)

SpaceX launched its Starfall return capsule for the second time ever this morning (Oct. 20), sending it up on the Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission.

Japan launches historic MMX sample-return mission to Mars’ moon Phobos (video)
Japan launches historic MMX sample-return mission to Mars’ moon Phobos (video)

Japan just launched an epic mission to Mars’ moons that could make history as the first spacecraft to return to Earth from the Red Planet — and it plans to come back with samples onboard.

Rocket Lab pushes 1st launch of next-gen Neutron rocket to 2027
Rocket Lab pushes 1st launch of next-gen Neutron rocket to 2027

Rocket Lab has delayed the debut of its powerful, partially reusable Neutron launcher to 2027 due to a manufacturing issue.

SpaceX launches classified mission for the US Space Force (video)
SpaceX launches classified mission for the US Space Force (video)

SpaceX launched a classified mission for the U.S. Space Force from California this evening (Oct. 15), on the 114th Falcon 9 mission of the year.

SpaceX wants to launch Starship more than 450 times per year from South Texas

SpaceX has proposed increasing the number of allowed Starship launches from its Starbase site in South Texas from 25 per year to 456. The FAA is currently reviewing the request.

SpaceX Cargo Dragon delivers more than 6,000 pounds of supplies to the ISS
SpaceX Cargo Dragon delivers more than 6,000 pounds of supplies to the ISS

SpaceX’s CRS-35 cargo Dragon rendezvoused and docked with the International Space Station today (Oct. 15) after a two-day chase, delivering more than 6,000 pounds of supplies to the orbtial laboratory’s astronaut crew.

SpaceX’s Starship just turned 10 years old. When will it go to Mars?
SpaceX’s Starship just turned 10 years old. When will it go to Mars?

A decade after Elon Musk publicly unveiled plans for the fully reusable megarocket, Starship has reached orbit. How far away is Mars?

Cosmic ‘jellyfish’ wows skywatchers after SpaceX launch | Space photo of the day for Oct. 14, 2026
Cosmic ‘jellyfish’ wows skywatchers after SpaceX launch | Space photo of the day for Oct. 14, 2026

A “jellyfish” in the early-morning sky created by SpaceX’s launch of the CRS-35 cargo mission on Oct. 13, 2026.

The 1st SpaceX Starship to survive a launch to space just came home to its launch site
The 1st SpaceX Starship to survive a launch to space just came home to its launch site

After surviving its splashdown and a grueling journey at sea, SpaceX’s Ship 40 has returned to Starbase, where engineers will study the first recovered Starship upper stage for clues to future reusability.

SpaceX rocket launch creates incredible ‘space jellyfish’ visible throughout US East Coast (photos)
SpaceX rocket launch creates incredible ‘space jellyfish’ visible throughout US East Coast (photos)

The SpaceX cargo launch to the International Space Station on Tuesday morning (Oct. 13) created a dazzling display seen up and down the US East Coast.