01 Jun 2026
Rocket goes boom, satellite cameras zoom: Explosive Blue Origin damage is visible from space
The dust has settled in the aftermath of last week's giant New Glenn rocket explosion, which shook Florida's Space Coast and the space industry itself.
29 May 2026
Watch an Atlas V rocket launch 29 Amazon Leo internet satellites to orbit tonight
A ULA Atlas V-551 rocket stands showing the Amazon Leo logo on its fairing on Dec. 14, 2025. (Image credit: Manuel Mazzanti/NurPhoto via Getty Images) A new batch of satellites for Amazon's internet constellation will launch to orbit tonight (May 29), and you can watch it live.
27 May 2026
FAA grounds SpaceX's Starship V3 megarocket after Flight 12 'mishap'
SpaceX's first Starship V3 megarocket launches from the Starbase site in South Texas on May 22, 2026. (Image credit: SpaceX) Just five days after its debut flight, SpaceX's Starship V3 megarocket has been grounded. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) just declared the May 22 Starship V3 launch a mishap and is requiring an investigation before the huge vehicle can take to the skies…
23 May 2026
SpaceX Starship Flight 12: Don't miss these stunning photos from the launch of the most powerful Starship yet
SpaceX's Starship V3 rocket launches on a test flight from Starbase, Texas on May 22, 2026. (Image credit: SpaceX) SpaceX Starship's massive V3 launch looked incredible. Starship launch blasted off on Friday (May 22) from SpaceX's Starbase test site in South Texas, at 6:30 p.m. EDT (5:30 p.m. local time or 2230 GMT). The massive ship made a sojourn in suborbital space before both the Starship…
19 May 2026
SpaceX Starship Flight 12 launch updates: 1st Starship V3 will now launch on May 21
SpaceX's newest version of its massive Starship, the world's largest and most powerful rocket, is now scheduled to launch on a critical test flight no earlier than Thursday, May 21, at 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT) from Starbase, Texas, two days later than initially announced.
18 May 2026
SpaceX Starship Flight 12 launch updates: 1st-ever Starship V3 test gets new launch date
SpaceX Starship Flight 12 will now launch on May 21 The test flight will send Starship's upper stage on a suborbital trajectory partway around the world, with splashdown coming in the Indian Ocean off Western Australia about 65 minutes after liftoff. Starship's Super Heavy first stage will make a controlled splashdown of its own in the Gulf of Mexico about seven minutes after launch. Flight 12…
14 May 2026
SpaceX's Starship V3 megarocket will do something completely new on Flight 12 — take a good look at itself
SpaceX conducts a full-duration static fire test with the upper stage of the Starship V3 vehicle that will conduct the Flight 12 test. The vehicle is made of stainless steel; the black comes from its heat shield, a set of 40,000 closely set hexagonal tiles. (Image credit: SpaceX)
