John Oberst, head of Alaska Aerospace, went on the "Today" show to discuss what is being described as a “traffic jam” at the country’s spaceports.

After a week of nasty weather across Florida, the business of launching rockets got back on track Monday afternoon. A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off at 5:05 p.m. Eastern time from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 carrying 21 of the company’s Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit.

The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in 2023. With SpaceX’s continued pace, more launches from United Launch Alliance and the debut of Blue Origin’s New Glenn,

After a week of nasty weather across Florida, the business of launching rockets could get back on track Monday afternoon. A SpaceX Falcon 9 looks to lift off at 5:05 p.m. (updated from originally announced target of 3:22 p.

SpaceX is preparing to send its next round of Starlink satellites into lower Earth orbit with a launch scheduled for Monday afternoon at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, officials said.

Though 2025 won't mark the return of astronauts into deep space as NASA had hoped, launchpads still will be scorching-hot from a procession of robotic spacecraft attempting to land on the moon . How many of these moon landings will succeed? Will the number top the two-ish (one of which made a heckuva comeback) last year?

Following stage separation, the Falcon 9 rocket booster settled for a landing on the SpaceX drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean.

To follow FLORIDA TODAY Space Team live coverage of Tuesday's mission, visit floridatoday.com/space starting about 90 minutes before liftoff.

Spectators on Saturday watched as Jacklyn, Blue Origin's rocket landing vessel, returned to Port Canaveral just as it left.

The Federal Aviation Administration has paused SpaceX's the launch of its Starship rocket as the U.S. agency oversees an investigation by the private company of the breakup after a test launch Thursday.

On Friday, the FAA issued a mishap investigation against SpaceX after the upper stage of the Starship lost communications and then blew up during its seventh test flight on Thursday minutes after its launch from the company’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas.

SpaceX was targeting launch of the SpainSat satellite during a two-hour launch window which opened at 8:34 p.m. ET. Liftoff was right on time without delay. The rocket launched from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A and traveled on an eastern trajectory.