SpaceX, owned by Elon Musk, is preparing for the 12th test flight of its Starship rocket on May 20, marking its first launch since October 2025.

United Launch Alliance is running short on usable hardware this year having to rely on its dwindling supply of Atlas V rockets while it continues an investigation into what went wrong on the last launch of its successor rocket Vulcan.

Scientists learned early on how crucial the roll maneuver was to get astronauts to space, and NASA has been using it since the days of its earliest rockets.

The mission marks Electron’s ninth launch for Synspective’s StriX radar satellite constellation. ・Rocket Lab said Sunday its LOXSAT mission will launch Eta Space’s cryogenic fuel technology aboard an Electron rocket later this year.

The SMILE mission is scheduled to lift off at 11:52 p.m. ET tonight (May 18). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A European-Chinese space weather mission will launch to orbit tonight (May 18),

United Launch Alliance is preparing to send another major batch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites into orbit later this month as the Atlas V rocket launches the Amazon Leo 7 mission from Florida’s Space Coast.

SpaceX is preparing to fly the tallest, most powerful rocket ever built from its Starbase facility in South Texas, with a launch window opening no earlier than May 19, 2026. The mission, designated Starship 12,