Such tower catches could become a relatively common sight in 2025. SpaceX has applied to increase the number of permitted Starship liftoffs from Starbase fivefold in the coming year, to 25 — and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given its preliminary blessing.

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This array of missions from NASA, SpaceX, Blue Origin and partners for 2025 reflects a busy year—and a dynamic and collaborative era in space exploration.

Billionaire aeronaut Jared Isaacman, the NewSpace superstar set to head NASA, says he envisions millions of space sojourners lifting off from Planet Earth in times ahead.

SpaceX put the final countdown in the books for the Space Coast early Tuesday, adding one more to the record pace of launches for the year. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink satellites lifted off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A at 12:39 a.

SpaceX knocked out a midnight launch from Cape Canaveral on Sunday, but has a midnight Monday launch on tap from Kennedy Space Center to cap off a record year for the Space Coast.

SpaceX is revolutionizing the exploration of space and the potential for global internet. Compared to NASA, it is a fraction of the cost and appreciably more efficient.

In what is expected to be SpaceX's final launch in a record-breaking 2024, the company announced it had delayed its newest deployment of Starlink satellites to New Year's Eve.

Falcon 9:Final SpaceX Starlink launch of 2024 in California set Firefly to send lander with NASA instruments to moon A commercial lunar lander will soon be heading to the moon with a fleet of ...

As we approach 2025, major players in space exploration including NASA, SpaceX and Blue Origin are gearing up for everything from lunar exploration to Mars missions. Here are the most notable ...

Learn what science payloads are being shipped aboard Cargo Dragon to the International Space Station on the SpaceX CRS-29 mission. Credit: NASA