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people in blue jackets lean into the opening of a charred cone-shaped spacecraft lying on its side on the rocky floor of a desert

China to return damaged spacecraft to Earth after sending up replacement for stuck astronauts

By Brett Tingley published

China's space agency has announced it will return a damaged spacecraft back to Earth without crew after a suspected debris strike left it unfit for flight.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rests on the deck of a drone ship shortly after launching launching 27 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Dec. 2, 2025.

SpaceX launches 60th mission of the year from California (video)

By Mike Wall published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 27 Starlink internet satellites early Tuesday morning (Dec. 2). It was the company's 60th liftoff of 2025 from the Golden State.

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An Arianespace Vega C rocket launches South Korea’s KOMPSAT-7 Earth-observing satellite from Kourou, French Guiana, on Dec. 1, 2025.

Europe's Vega C rocket launches advanced Korean Earth-observation satellite to orbit (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

Europe's Vega C rocket launched for the sixth time ever today (Dec. 1), sending South Korea's powerful KOMPSAT-7 Earth-observation satellite to orbit.

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an arc of golden light stretches from the horizon into a cloudy, indigo sky

SpaceX blasts off into December with early morning Starlink launch from Florida (video)

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 1, 2025.

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A used black and white SpaceX rocket launches with the ocean horizon in the background.

SpaceX rocket launches 140 satellites into orbit on Transporter-15, aces landing at sea (video)

By Josh Dinner last updated

SpaceX will launch more than 100 different payloads today (Nov. 20) on the Transporter 15 rideshare mission.

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The Soyuz rocket service structure is raised on Nov. 24, 2025 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan ahead of the planned Nov. 27 launch of three crewmembers to the International Space Station: NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Mikaev.

Watch NASA astronaut, 2 cosmonauts launch to the International Space Station on Thanksgiving morning

By Mike Wall published

NASA's Chris Williams and two cosmonaut colleagues will launch to the International Space Station early on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 27), and you can watch the action live.

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A used SpaceX rocket on a seaside launch pad in California ahead of the Transporter-15 launch.

SpaceX scrubs launch of 140 satellites atop used Falcon 9 rocket from California coast

By Tariq Malik published

SpaceX called off the planned launch of 140 satellites atop a used Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday (Nov. 26) in California.

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a white rocket lifts off into the night sky, its engine plume lighting the launch pad in white and orange hues.

South Korea launches Earth-observation satellite on homegrown Nuri rocket

By Mike Wall published

South Korea lofted the CAS500-3 Earth-observation satellite and a dozen ride-along cubesats Wednesday (Nov. 26) on the fourth-ever launch of its Nuri rocket.

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The uncrewed Shenzhou 22 spacecraft arrives at China's Tiangong space station on Nov. 25, 2025.

Watch China's Shenzhou 22 rescue ship arrive at Tiangong space station (video)

By Mike Wall published

China's uncrewed Shenzhou 22 spacecraft arrived at the Tiangong space station early Tuesday morning (Nov. 25), giving the three astronauts living there a safe way to get home.

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