Q&A with Keith Gendreau, principal investigator of the first X-ray space communications experiment (members only)

The four RS-25 engines at the bottom of NASA’s first Space Launch System core stage shut down about a minute into a ground test-firing Saturday that was supposed to last more than eight minutes.

Components for China’s third Long March 5 rocket arrived at the country’s southern launch base this week as teams prepare for the first flight of the heavy-lift launcher since a 2017 mission ended in failure.

The Starlink 6-91 mission was the 38th mission featuring Starlink V2 Mini satellites in 2025. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened on Saturday, May 10 at 2:28 am EDT (0628 UTC).