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Ariane 6 fully stacked and ready for testing.

Europe's new Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket set for 2nd launch in February

By Andrew Jones published

Europe is moving towards the second launch of its new Ariane 6 launcher after finding and addressing anomalies following its debut flight.

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SpaceX's seventh Starship megarocket launches on a test flight on Jan. 16, 2025.

SpaceX catches Super Heavy booster on Starship Flight 7 test but loses upper stage (video, photos)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX pulled off a launch-tower catch of Starship's Super Heavy booster during a test flight today (Jan. 16) but lost the vehicle's upper stage.

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A silver stainless-steel SpaceX Starship is assembled for launch on the pad for Flight 7.

What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 7 launch test today?

By Tariq Malik last updated

SpaceX's seventh Starship test flight will now launch no earlier than Thursday, Jan. 16, at 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT).

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Blue Origin New Glenn rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 2:03 a.m. EST on Jan. 16, 2025.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches massive New Glenn rocket into orbit on 1st flight (video)

By Brett Tingley, Josh Dinner published

Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket reached orbit on its first-ever flight early this morning (Jan. 16).

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An illustration shows the shutdown Gaia spacecraft telescope drift between Earth and the sun as the Milky Way looks on

Goodnight, Gaia! ESA spacecraft shuts down after 12 years of Milky Way mapping

By Robert Lea published

Goodnight Gaia. The European Space Agency star-tracking satellite ceased operations on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, after 12 years of mapping the Milky Way.

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Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander is seen here attached to the upper stage of its SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket shortly before its deployment on Jan. 15, 2025.

What's next for the 2 private landers SpaceX just launched toward the moon?

By Mike Wall published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket just launched lunar landers built by Firefly Aerospace and Tokyo-based company ispace. What's next for the two craft?

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The upper stage of SpaceX's Starship megarocket rolls out to the launch pad at the company's Starbase site on Jan. 9, 2025 ahead of a planned Jan. 13 test flight.

SpaceX launching Starship Flight 7 on Jan. 16: Watch it live

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX is set to launch the seventh test flight of its Starship megarocket on Thursday (Jan. 16) at 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT), and you can watch the action live.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Blue Ghost and Resilience moon landers from Florida's Space Coast on Jan. 15, 2025.

SpaceX launches 2 private lunar landers to the moon (video, photos)

By Josh Dinner published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched lunar landers for Firefly Aerospace and the Japanese company ispace early this morning (Jan. 15).

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a gold-foiled fixed-leg lander probe stands on a grey semi rocky surface beneath a black sky.

Here's what NASA is sending to the moon on Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander

By Josh Dinner published

NASA is sending a suite of science and technology demonstrations on Firefly Aerospace's Ghost Riders in the Sky mission to the surface of the moon.

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An ispace engineer inspects the “Tenacious” micro rover in the payload bay of the company’s lunar lander, “Resilience.”

What's flying to the moon on ispace's Resilience lunar lander?

By Andrew Jones published

Tokyo-based company ispace's Resilience lunar lander will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early Wednesday (Jan. 15). Here's what the spacecraft is carrying.

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