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SpaceX abruptly scrubbed the 12th test flight of its colossal Starship rocket just 30 seconds before liftoff from its Texas Starbase. CEO Elon Musk explained that a hydraulic pin on the launch tower failed to retract, forcing an immediate…

The private Japanese space company Space One saw its "Kairos" rocket fail for the third time on Thursday after a self-destruct order was issued mid-flight. The rocket lifted off from Spaceport Kii at 11:10 a.m. local time but experienced a…

South Korea’s Arirang 7 satellite was successfully launched aboard Arianespace’s Vega-C rocket from French Guiana, KASA announced. The satellite reached its planned orbit 44 minutes after liftoff, with first contact confirmed by KARI.…

China has launched the Shenzhou-22 spacecraft on its first-ever emergency mission to return three astronauts stranded at the Tiangong Space Station. The Long March-2F Y22 rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Launch Center at 12:11…

Ten rockets were fired from Gaza toward the Israeli cities of Ashkelon and Ashdod, with five intercepted by air defenses. One person in Ashkelon was injured by shrapnel, and minor injuries were reported during panic evacuations. Hamas’…

Blue Origin, the space company of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, launched its first rocket, New Glenn, as part of the NG-1 mission, which aims to test the reliability of telemetry, tracking and command systems used in space, as well as…

South Korea sent its 3rd domestic spy satellite into orbit. According to the South Korean Ministry of Defense, the SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket carrying the Korean satellite took off from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in the US state of…

Japan successfully launched the “Kirameki 3” military communications satellite into orbit via an H3 rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) confirmed the launch, initially delayed…

The team consisting of billionaire Jared Isaacman, military pilot Scott Poteet and SpaceX engineers Anna Menon and Sarah Gillis, who are expected to perform the first private spacewalk in history, has set off. The Dragon spacecraft that…