Rocket Lab launched an Earth-observing radar satellite for the Japanese company Synspective early Friday morning (May 22).
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Lunar Outpost has unveiled designs for a new Pegasus moon rover for a 2028 launch — but the Colorado-based company isn’t stopping there.
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There’s a lot riding on the debut flight of SpaceX’s Starship V3 megarocket — including some of NASA’s lunar ambitions.
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SpaceX has stacked its Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy booster at the company’s new Starbase launch pad, ahead of the rocket’s 12th test flight.
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The U.S. military test-launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base on May 20, 2026.
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SpaceX’s new “V3” Starship megarocket will fly for the first time ever on Thursday (May 22), and you can watch the highly anticipated action live.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.
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A worker died at SpaceX’s Starbase site in South Texas early Friday morning (May 15), as the company geared up for the debut launch of its Starship V3 megarocket.
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SpaceX will launch its first Starship V3 vehicle on the Flight 12 test flight on Thursday (May 21).

A Vega C rocket launched the European-Chinese SMILE space weather mission to orbit on Monday night (May 18).