SpaceX just launched its Starfall return capsule for the first time. What does the company plan to do with the new vehicle?

Rocket Lab launched the second satellite for the U.S. Space Force’s Victus Haze mission, setting a new launch readiness record in the process. Now, the mission’s two spacecraft are in a chase to rendezvous and perform “dynamic engagements with the other.”

China’s Shenlong space plane appears to have released a mystery object while in orbit, according to a private space surveillance firm.

SpaceX launched its first-ever Starfall spacecraft, demonstrating the new vehicle’s ability to operate in space and return safely back to Earth.

The Nancy Roman Grace Telescope has arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for final preparations ahead of launching to join the orbital ranks of Hubble, Webb, Spitzer and Chandra.

SpaceX has now launched more satellites than the rest of humanity combined —and the gap will continue to widen over time.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sunday, June 21, 2026.
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NASA’s Swift space observatory is falling out of orbit. Can a commercial company build a spacecraft in nine months to save it?
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SpaceX launched the latest batch of spy satellites for the U.S. government early Friday morning (June 19).

An Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket launched a record-breaking load to orbit early Wednesday morning (June 17), carrying a batch of Amazon Leo satellites to orbit.
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