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NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Mike Fincke smiles for a portrait during research operations for the Droplets fluid physics investigation. Fincke was inside the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module exploring how particles behave inside fluids. The microgravity study may inform commercial in-space manufacturing techniques and improve optical ma...

Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha FLTA007 rocket at Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Space Force Base ahead of launch. Image: Firefly Aerospace

Firefly Aerospace said it will be at least another two months before it’s ready to launch its next Alpha rocket. Alpha Flight 8 (FLTA008) will debut the Block 2 configuration of the rocket.

During its second quarter earnings call o...

File: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base ahead of the Starlink 9-10 mission on Nov. 8, 2024. Image: SpaceX

SpaceX is slated to launch two dozens of its Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Tuesday night.

The Starlink 17-49 mission will be SpaceX’s 51st flight from ...

Rocket Lab conducts a launch simulation of its Neutron rocket from Launch Complex 3 at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Image: Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab’s anticipated debut of its medium-lift Neutron rocket may end up slipping beyond this year and into 2027.

In a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SE...

File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands in the launch position at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the planned liftoff of the Starlink 6-61 mission on Oct. 22, 2024. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now

Update Aug. 10, 10:24 a.m. EDT (1424 UTC): SpaceX scrubbed the mission; now targeting Aug. 11.

SpaceX w...