California's Vandenberg Space Force Base saw a record year for spaceflight in 2025 with 71 rocket launches. Officials anticipate an even busier 2026, with projections for more than 80 missions.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket leaves the launchpad in October 2025. SpaceX For the sixth year in a row, SpaceX is on course to set a new annual launch record for the Falcon 9 rocket, highlighting SpaceX’s ...

The Falcon Heavy rocket on the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida during an earlier mission. SpaceX SpaceX’s triple-booster Falcon Heavy rocket was on track to launch before the end of ...

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off during the company’s demo mission. SpaceX / Unsplash (The Center Square) – SpaceX broke its record Wednesday morning for its number of Falcon 9 launches in a ...

The 86th orbital launch from the Space Coast in 2025 also marked a milestone for SpaceX with the 500th successful landing of a Falcon 9 rocket booster. The early Thursday morning launch came as the ...

The Department of the Air Force has approved SpaceX’s plans to launch up to 100 missions per year from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This would continue the tectonic turnaround at the ...

Under the approved plan, spacecraft in SpaceX's Falcon family of rockets could lift off from Vandenberg as many as 100 times in 2026. That includes both the Falcon 9 rocket, SpaceX's main workhorse, ...

Remember the first time you saw a SpaceX rocket nail a bullseye landing after hurtling back from space? How about the first time two boosters landed side by side, punctuating the inaugural launch of ...

For the second time in a row, SpaceX was forced to call off an attempt to launch its giant Super Heavy-Starship rocket on the program's 10th test flight, a milestone mission to demonstrate fixes and ...

Explore why SpaceX retired the Falcon Heavy rocket and how Starship aims to outperform it. Discover the reasons behind its short lifespan and the future of space exploration. Why Congress can't claw ...

CALABASAS, Calif. - The California Coastal Commission says the Air Force has not submitted enough information about the expansion project at Vandenberg Space Force base to allow the commission to make ...

Experience the launch of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, which successfully delivered a 6,000-kg Lockheed Martin-built Arabsat 6A satellite into orbit. This was the Falcon Heavy's second flight and its first ...