Live coverage: SpaceX cargo capsule returns to Earth

A Russian Soyuz booster lifted off Friday from Kazakhstan on a complex mission to deploy 73 satellites into three different orbits, including a Russian spacecraft to locate forest fires, 48 CubeSats for Planet’s global Earth observation fleet, and eight nanosatellites for Spire Global’s commercial weather network.

The Falcon Heavy engine test firing at launch pad 39A seen in 4K high resolution video. The engines fired at 12:30pm EST (1730 GMT) on 24 January 2018 as part of a crucial pre-launch test.

A sub-scale landing craft for China’s next-generation crew capsule parachuted back to Earth on Sunday, one day after rocketing into orbit aboard the country’s new Long March 7 launcher.