SpaceX, Starlink launches
Digest more
Depending on weather and cloud cover, a SpaceX rocket launch near NASA Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral may be seen in West Palm Beach, Florida.
2d
Space.com on MSNSpaceX aiming for record-breaking 170 orbital launches in 2025SpaceX is targeting a whopping 170 orbital liftoffs in 2025, which would shatter the record the company set just last year.
The company anticipates 170 orbital launches for the rest of the year, shooting past its record-setting 134 launches in 2024.
SpaceX's latest test flight was a failure. The company has seen mixed results after more than two years of launching test flights.
2d
Space.com on MSNElon Musk says SpaceX will launch its biggest Starship yet this year, but Mars in 2026 is '50/50'The Red Planet and Earth align properly for interplanetary missions just once every 26 months. The next such opportunity comes in 2026 between the months of November and December, and SpaceX will try to hit it; the goal is to send five Starship Version 3 vehicles to the Red Planet to prove out the vehicle and its associated tech, Musk said.
4don MSN
The spacecraft began spinning as it skimmed space toward an entry in the Indian Ocean. The first-stage booster ended up in the Gulf of Mexico in pieces.
Tuesday will be SpaceX’s ninth launch of Starship, a spacecraft designed to be fully reusable, and is following two previous launches that ended in explosions.