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The Falcon 9 rocket experienced an anomaly during a launch on July 11, 2024 in its second stage booster that meant it failed to deploy 20 Starlink satellites at a high enough altitude

SpaceX cleared to launch Falcon 9 rocket again

26 July 2024

NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) assembled inside the cleanroom at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas

NASA cans lunar rover after spending $450m building it

18 July 2024

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams blasted off on June 5 following years of delays and safety scares affecting Starliner, as well as two aborted launch attempts that came as the astronauts were strapped in and ready to go

Astronauts stuck on ISS 'confident' Starliner will bring them home

11 July 2024

Anticipation was high for the first launch, which is hoped to bring an end to a difficult time for European space efforts

Europe's Ariane 6 rocket successfully launches for first time

10 July 2024

This handout image courtesy of Maxar Technologies taken on June 7, 2024 shows the Boeing Starliner spacecraft docked with the International Space Station's (ISS) forward port on the station's Harmony module

NASA picks SpaceX to carry ISS to its watery graveyard after 2030

27 June 2024

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket is carrying the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U into orbit

US launches satellite to better prepare for space weather

26 June 2024