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A SpaceX Falcon 9 roket launches 23 Starlink satellites from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 28, 2025.

Brand-new Falcon 9 rocket sends 23 Starlink satellites to orbit on SpaceX's 2nd launch of the day (video)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX sent another batch of Starlink satellites to orbit tonight (April 28), its second liftoff of the day.

Launches & Spacecraft
a rocket blasts off against a hazy sky

Amazon launches 27 satellites to begin building huge 'Project Kuiper' internet constellation (video)

By Mike Wall published

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launched the first big batch of satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband constellation to low Earth orbit today (April 28).

Launches & Spacecraft
a rocket launches aganist a blue sky

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 1st of 2 planned Starlink launches in 2 days, lands booster at sea (video)

By Josh Dinner published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

Launches & Spacecraft
an astronaut in a white space suit smiles and gives a thumbs up as he is carried across a field in a chair immediately after landing on earth

'I didn't look too good because I didn't feel too good': NASA astronaut Don Pettit explains why he seemed so unwell after landing (video)

By Mike Wall published

Seventy-year-old NASA astronaut Don Pettit looked pretty peaked shortly after returning to Earth from the ISS this month. And he was pretty peaked — he'd just thrown up on the Kazakh steppe.

International Space Station
The Shenzhou 19 astronauts hand control of China's Tiangong space station over to their Shenzhou 20 counterparts during a ceremony on April 27, 2025.

China's Shenzhou 20 astronauts take control of Tiangong space station (video)

By Andrew Jones published

China's outgoing Shenzhou 19 crew have handed over the reins of the Tiangong space station to a new set of astronauts.

Missions
The sun shines behind a white and brown Atlas V rocket carrying Amazon's Kuiper 1 satellites for an April 29, 2025 launch.

Watch Atlas V rocket launch 1st big batch of Amazon's Project Kuiper internet satellites today afer delay

By Mike Wall last updated

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will launch Amazon's first big batch of Project Kuiper broadband satellites today (April 28), and you can watch it live.

Launches & Spacecraft
two scientists in white lab coats stand next to a cylindrical spacecraft in a hangar

A failed Soviet Venus lander will fall back to Earth after being stranded for 53 years

By Leonard David published

A Venus lander launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 has been predicted to fall back to Earth some time in May.

Launches & Spacecraft
Long-exposure photo of SpaceX's 250th dedicated Starlink launch, which took place from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on April 27, 2025.

SpaceX launches 250th Starlink satellite mission, lands rocket at sea (video, photos)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX launched its 250th dedicated Starlink mission on Sunday night (April 27), sending 23 of the broadband satellites to low Earth orbit.

Launches & Spacecraft
illustration of a silvery metallic rotorcraft flying over orangish dunes

NASA's Dragonfly nuclear-powered helicopter clears key hurdle ahead of 2028 launch toward huge Saturn moon Titan

By Andrew Jones published

NASA's pioneering Dragonfly mission has passed its critical design review, keeping it on track for a 2028 launch to the potentially life-hosting Saturn moon Titan.

Missions
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander captured stunning views of the moon after its second lunar orbit maneuver on Feb. 24, 2025.

'We learned so much that we didn't know': Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander mission was full of surprises

By Leonard David published

Firefly Aerospace's CEO Jason Kim says the company's successful Blue Ghost moon lander mission revealed 'so much that we didn't know' about the lunar surface.

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