The near-total ban on outside communication has left Starlink as the only choice for many in the country to go online.

SpaceX is making steady progress toward building out the pad at NASA’s Cape Canaveral site in Florida for the first Starship launch from the Space Coast. On Tuesday, SpaceX installed the Ship Quick Disconnect (QD) arm on the launch tower at Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A).

SpaceX is gearing up for its third rocket launch of 2026 from Vandenberg in California, which you can watch either in person or via livestream at home.

Four astronauts returned safely to Earth early on Thursday after an undisclosed serious medical condition affecting one of them forced an end to their International Space Station mission a few weeks early.

Starlink is separately planning to launch yet another 15,000 satellites that are designed for mobile service. SpaceX asked the FCC to approve this plan in September 2025, saying the “new system will offer a new generation of MSS connectivity, supporting voice, texting, and high-speed data.”

After liftoff, the Falcon 9 will deploy 29 Starlink satellites. The booster should land on the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean.

The Board on Geographic Names' Domestic Names Committee will consider a proposal to rename a stretch of Texas beach where rocket enthusiasts watch SpaceX

SpaceX is prepping for its 3rd rocket launch of 2026 from California. Here's what time and where to see Falcon 9 thunder into the sky from Vandenberg.

Over 200,000 satellites could be launched by the early 2030s if these submissions are approved, with the largest projects planning for up to 100,000 each.