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January 17, 2025

Breaking News

[ January 17, 2025 ] SpaceX successfully catches Super Heavy booster, loses Starship upper stage during Flight 7 Mission Reports
[ January 16, 2025 ] Launch preview: SpaceX to launch its Starship rocket on a 7th suborbital test flight from Starbase Mission Reports
[ January 15, 2025 ] American, Japanese robotic landers share rocket launch to the Moon Falcon 9
[ January 14, 2025 ] SpaceX launches 131 spacecraft on Transporter-12 Falcon 9 rideshare mission from California Falcon 9
[ January 13, 2025 ] SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Falcon 9

Launch preview: SpaceX to launch its Starship rocket on a 7th suborbital test flight from Starbase

January 16, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The mission will launch the first big block upgrade to the rocket since its first flight in 2023. Liftoff from SpaceX’s Starbase facilities in southern Texas is set for 4 p.m. CST (5 p.m. EST, 2200 UTC).

History made: Blue Origin becomes first new space company to reach orbit on its first launch

January 15, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

Blue Origin was unsuccessful in recovering its first stage booster, but was able to achieve its primary goal of reaching orbit. Liftoff from pad 36 occurred at 2:03 a.m. EST (0703 UTC).