After lifting off from Launch Complex 40 on a southeasterly trajectory, the Falcon 9 will deploy a payload of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.

SpaceX Falcon 9 launched Athena and Lunar Trailblazer to advance lunar water ice exploration and future missions.

SpaceX launched its second lunar mission of 2025, just over a month after flying the Firefly Blue Ghost and HAKUTO-R M2 Resilience landers to the Moon atop a single Falcon 9. Another Falcon 9, this time with the Intuitive Machines IM-2 NOVA-C lander on board,

Two NASA science missions set to ride a Falcon 9 rocket into space from the West Coast also are providing a lesson in patience. With less than two hours

NASA rocket launch schedule at Cape Canaveral Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. On Wednesday, SpaceX launched Intuitive Machines' second lunar lander on a trek to the moon at 7:16 p.m. from KSC. Then, a second Falcon 9 lifted off on ...