Update: This article has been updated to correct an inaccuracy and to add new information. Hours after the Artemis II astronauts are due to splash down off the coast of San Diego, California, SpaceX could launch a rocket about 200 miles north. The launch ...

NASA's historic Artemis II moon mission may be nabbing all the headlines, but it's far from the only spaceflight on the books in the U.S. In California, three rockets are scheduled to launch in the week ahead from the Vandenberg Space Force Base.

The Falcon 9 rocket launch is planned for Saturday, April 18, with a four-hour window opening at 7 a.m. PT. This marks the fourth launch from the base this month, continuing to build out the Starlink internet constellation. While the base is closed to the ...

The mission will deploy 25 Starlink broadband internet satellites into low-Earth orbit. The launch is set for Sunday, April 26, with a four-hour window opening at 7 a.m. PT. Numerous public viewing locations are available in Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San ...

Florida's Space Coast set a new record with 109 orbital rocket launches in 2025. So far in 2026, there have been 28 rocket launches from Florida as of April 20. Recent major launches include NASA's Artemis II lunar mission and Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket.

In Florida, rockets launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, about 245 miles from Fort Myers. Kennedy Space Center is in Brevard County (nicknamed the Space Coast), is an hour east of Orlando. SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets ...

Three days since the last California rocket launch, yet another SpaceX Falcon 9 is due to get off the ground from the Vandenberg Space Force Base. And once again, it'll be a mission to deliver the spaceflight company's Starlink broadband internet ...