The European Space Agency (ESA) is still in the dark about NASA's participation in its Venus explorat Envision despite the project's tight deadline, ESA representatives said in a recent media briefing.

The launch is set to occur no earlier than 12:42 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12 from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The mission will be a Falcon 9 rocket sending the company's next batch of 29 Starlink internet satellites to orbit.

In a strategic push to bolster launch infrastructure amid growing military and commercial demands for orbital access, the United States Space Force has issued two separate Requests for Information (RFIs) in late December 2025, signaling its intent to make prime real estate available for large-scale rockets on the East and West Coasts.

SpaceX launched its third mission of the year from the Space Coast on Monday afternoon while preparing for the early return later this week of Crew-11 from the International Space Station. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 4:08 p.

FLORIDA TODAY's Space Team provides live blog coverage of all 2026 launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

For the 2nd time in 2026, SpaceX rocket is due to launch from Southern California. But it may be hard to spot the Falcon 9 in Arizona. When to watch it

SpaceX knocked out Friday the first of a series of afternoon launches in the coming week with another Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral.