SpaceX rocket launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida
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In the days ahead, NASA could roll out the SLS rocket that will propel four astronauts on a journey around the moon. Here's the latest on Artemis 2.
This week NASA announced a list of launch opportunities for Artemis II , the mission that will bring 4 astronauts including North Carolina's own Christina Koch. But how is each selected?
NASA announced that the earliest launch window for Artemis II is Feb. 6, 2026, with 12 more possible dates available from February-April. The Artemis mission, a followup to the Apollo program, hopes to have astronauts back on the moon’s surface by 2027.
The first week of December features 10 orbital launches from six different providers across four continents. SpaceX will launch five Starlink missions, deploying satellites to various orbital shells from California and Florida. Internationally, Arianespace ...
Four astronauts in training to fly around the moon early next year strapped into their Orion spacecraft this weekend for a dress rehearsal countdown in a major milestone toward launch. Based on repeated stops and starts seen on NASA's countdown clock, the ...
A late-night rocket launch is set to blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida − just before we "fall back." And while most people tend to be asleep at about the time of liftoff, Space Coast residents might wake up from a sonic boom. The SpaceX rocket ...
SpaceX has one final launch scheduled from Southern California before Christmas. A Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch Tuesday, Dec. 16 from the Vandenberg Space Force Base. The mission will deploy 27 Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit.
Rocket Lab plans to launch its Electron rocket from Virginia's Wallops Flight Facility at midnight, Dec.18. The mission will deliver four experimental disk-shaped satellites into orbit for the U.S. Space Force. While the NASA Wallops Visitor Center will ...
NASA schedules live coverage as the Artemis II Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft roll from Kennedy Space Center’s assembly building to Launch Pad 39B.
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