Live updates from Thursday morning’s back-to-back SpaceX Starlink 10-15 and ULA Kuiper 3 missions from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

S paceX is another step closer to the 11th flight of the mighty Starship rocket after it completed a test fire of the Ship’s engines on Monday. The test, which took place at SpaceX’s Starbase facility in southern Texas, appeared to go without a hitch, suggesting the 11th Starship flight could take place by the end of this month, or early next.

A busy week on the Space Coast saw two rockets launch within hours of one another as both SpaceX and United Launch Alliance had missions to proliferate a pair of competing satellite constellations. The second launch came amid clear,

As the New York Times reports, experts are now warning that China could beat the United States in the race back to the Moon. After a series of successful robotic missions to the Earth’s natural satellite, the country has made major strides in its efforts to launch its “Lanyue” lunar lander to the Moon before 2030.

The Sept. 25 liftoffs were the 82nd and 83rd orbital rocket launches of 2035 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Members of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel believe the Human Landing System version of Starship won’t be ready for Artemis 3’s launch in 2027.

Cape Canaveral was the site of two successful rocket launches Thursday morning, one from SpaceX and another from United Launch Alliance. Both carry satellites.

Adding a unique twist to the story, Anna is married to fellow NASA astronaut Anil Menon, making them one of the rare couples where both partners are active astronauts. The Menons have two children, and Anil is scheduled to fly on the Soyuz MS-29 mission in June 2026 as part of Expedition 75.

NASA has named its new class of astronaut candidates. The space agency introduced the four men and six women who comprise its 2025 trainee group.

Sierra Space and NASA have sharply revised a contract to use the company’s Dream Chaser vehicle to deliver cargo to the International Space Station.

“The HLS schedule is significantly challenged and, in our estimation, could be years late for a 2027 Artemis 3 Moon landing,” said panelist Paul Hill, who is a former director of Mission Operations at Nasa. “The next six months of Starship launches will be telling about the likelihood of HLS flying crew in 2027 or by the end of the decade.”