CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- SpaceX launched its second supersized rocket and for the first time landed all three boosters Thursday, a year after sending up a sports car on the initial test flight. The new and improved Falcon Heavy thundered into the early ...

That’s the question being asked after the U.S. Space Force announced a plan over the holidays to develop a new launch site at the Santa Barbara County base capable of hosting “heavy” and “super-heavy” rockets that will deliver massive payloads into orbit, and beyond.

Update: A launch alert from the Vandenberg Space Force Base indicates the mission is now being targeted for lift off from 7:10 to 11:10 a.m. PT Wednesday, Dec. 17. Want to see a rocket launch from Southern California before Christmas? You may have to wake ...

In addition to five Starship-Super Heavy launches—three of which reached their targeted near-orbital altitudes and are included in the global tally—SpaceX launched 165 Falcon 9 rockets in 2025, surpassing its 2024 record of 134 Falcon 9 and two Falcon Heavy flights. No Falcon Heavy rockets flew in 2025.

SpaceX is making its final preparations today to launch Falcon Heavy, the company's biggest rocket yet and the most powerful operational launch system in the world, for the first time. If all goes according to plan, Falcon Heavy will ignite its three large ...

One of the nation’s behemoth rockets could find a home at Vandenberg Space Force Base as the military asks aerospace companies for their interest in developing a brand-new facility so that the biggest class of rockets can blast off from the West Coast.

SpaceX completed 167 orbital launches in 2025 using Falcon 9 rockets, setting a new annual record and accounting for about 85% of U.S. launches