Blastoff! Vega-C rocket launches advanced Earth-observation satellite for South Korea

On Dec. 5, 2014, NASA's Orion space capsule launched for the first time. Space History Archives👉 https://space-com.visitlink.me/8a1r0H This spacecraft is designed to take astronauts to the moon and even Mars. No one was on board for this test launch, but there will be astronauts blasting off into space inside these capsules by the mid-2020s. For the first test launch, it lifted off on a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral. Four and a half hours later, it splashed dow

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 29 Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 1, 2025 at 2:44 a.m. EST (0744 UTC). Read more👉 https://space-com.visitlink.me/1LHuEU Credit: SpaceX | Space.com

On Dec. 4, 1965, NASA launched the crewed Gemini 7 spacecraft on a two-week-long mission in low-Earth orbit. Space History Archives👉 https://space-com.visitlink.me/8a1r0H This was the fourth crewed flight of NASA's Gemini program and the 12th crewed mission for the United States. NASA astronauts Jim Lovell and Frank Borman were aboard the Gemini 7 spacecraft. While they were in orbit, the Gemini 7 crew met up with two more NASA astronauts, Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford, who launched in another