Government shutdowns have closed Kennedy Space Center to the Space Coast's unsung heroes of launch operations before.

SpaceX early Saturday morning aborted its launch of Astranis satellites from Florida’s Space Coast.

The space race stays hot!

Elon Musk’s attachment to President-elect Donald Trump has created an unprecedented alliance between America’s most powerful politician and its richest businessman.

SpaceX successfully launched another next Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Space Coast on Tuesday afternoon.

SpaceX on Monday evening successfully launched the RRT-1 mission from Brevard County, according to a news release.

According to the company, the launch will send the RRT-1 mission into orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral.

SpaceX is launching a new mission: making its Starbasesite a new Texas city.

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SpaceX successfully launched another batch of Starlink satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the Space Coast early Sunday morning.

According to SpaceX, the 90-minute launch window opens Thursday morning at the Kennedy Space Center.

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped a tech billionaire who performed the first private spacewalk to lead NASA.

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SpaceX on Wednesday launched another batch of Starlink satellites atop its Falcon 9 rocket from the Space Coas.

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Night owls got to see a rocket lift off from the Space Coast after SpaceX held a midnight launch.

SpaceX on Tuesday night once again launched its Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Space Coast.

SpaceX announced it is aiming for a pre-sunrise launch of a Falcon 9 rocket Monday morning from the Space Coast.

Former congressman Matt Gaetz has withdrawn his name as President-elect Donald Trump's choice for attorney general in the face of sexual misconduct allegations.

Donald Trump has put Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy in charge of finding ways to cut government spending and regulations.

SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites from the Florida coast.

SpaceX has launched another Starship rocket, but passed up catching it with giant mechanical arms.

Attorneys for Amazon and Elon Musk’s SpaceX have argued in a federal appeals court that the National Labor Relations Board’s structure is unconstitutional.

President-elect Donald Trump appears to be planning to attend a SpaceX “Starship” rocket launch on Tuesday, in the latest indication of founder Elon Musk’s influence in the Republican’s orbit.

SpaceX on Tuesday launched its sixth test flight of its Starship mega rocket, according to the space agency.

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The two-hour window opens at 1:31 p.m. on Monday.

SpaceX successfully launched the TD7 mission from Florida’s Space Coast on Sunday afternoon.

SpaceX isn’t the only one breaking launch records in Central Florida.

SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites Thursday from Florida’s Space Coast.

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SpaceX has announced two Falcon 9 rocket launches from Florida’s Space Coast on Veterans Day.

President-elect Donald Trump put billionaire Elon Musk on the line with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy when the Ukrainian leader called to congratulate the incoming U.S. president.

Three NASA astronauts whose prolonged space mission ended with a trip to the hospital last month won't say which one of them got sick.

Shares of Tesla soared Wednesday as investors bet that the electric vehicle maker and its CEO Elon Musk will benefit from Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

SpaceX is set to launch another batch of Starlink internet satellites on Thursday from Florida’s Space Coast.

SpaceX on Monday launched supplies to the International Space Station from Florida.

SpaceX announced they are “standing down” from Sunday’s launch attempt from Cape Canaveral.

Next week’s presidential election isn’t just a referendum on Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

SpaceX launched another Falcon 9 rocket days after breaking their own record.

NASA says an astronaut has been released from the hospital after returning from space.

SpaceX broke a record with its 73rd launch of the year from Florida’s Space Coast with a successful liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday.

Four astronauts are back on Earth after a space station mission that lasted almost eight months.

After more than 200 days in orbit, the Crew-8 astronauts are finally back home from the International Space Station.

After yet another government oversight investigation revealing how costly and behind-schedule NASA’s multi-billion-dollar moon-bound baby really is, the ongoing question resurfaces: Can the Artemis mega-rocket survive, especially in the face of competition that continues to outshine the U.S. government’s deep space rocket?

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Space launched another round of Starlink internet satellites into orbit Friday night.

In the first Falcon 9 liftoff since Hurricane Milton, SpaceX launched more internet satellites into orbit early Tuesday from the Cape.

A NASA spacecraft has blasted off on a quest to explore Jupiter's moon Europa and reveal whether its hidden ocean might hold the keys to life.

SpaceX has pulled off the boldest test flight yet of its enormous Starship rocket.

SpaceX’s fifth test flight of its massive Starship rocket completed a “catching” primary objective: the first-ever return and catch of a Super Heavy booster.

A massive NASA spacecraft has set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa.

SpaceX says T-Mobile customers affected by Hurricane Milton will be able to send SMS texts over Starlink satellites.

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A spacecraft has blasted off to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash.

SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Brevard County on Monday morning.

The two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station since June are welcoming their new ride home.

SpaceX has put a pause on Falcon 9 launches after reporting the second stage of the rocket used in Crew-9 experienced an off-nominal deorbit burn and landed in the ocean outside of its target area.

SpaceX has launched a rescue mission for the two stuck astronauts at the International Space Station.

A post-hurricane rocket launch from Florida's Space Coast will be a rescue mission of sorts.

With NASA’s CREW-9 mission set for Saturday, Space View Park is expected to fill up with excited spectators eager to witness the historic launch. NASA reports that despite recent storms, preparations remain on schedule.

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NASA says it’s sticking with Boeing’s Starliner for future crewed missions despite the capsule’s failure to bring home two astronauts who remain stuck on the International Space Station.

A pair of space travelers will have to wait a little longer for their trip to the International Space Station.

The next crew rotation to the International Space Station will launch with a pair of open seats to make room for the stuck Starliner astronauts.

SpaceX on Tuesday launched the European Commission’s Galileo L13 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

SpaceX faces $633,000 in fines for alleged safety violations during two Florida launches last year.

The Federal Aviation Administration wants to fine SpaceX for allegedly failing to follow license requirements for two 2023 launches from Florida locations.

Elon Musk has deleted a post on his social media platform X in which he said “no one is even trying to assassinate” President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the wake of another apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

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A billionaire spacewalker is back on Earth.

After a history-making mission, the crew of Polaris Dawn is set to return to Earth early Sunday morning, SpaceX said.

United Airlines says it will offer free WiFi service on flights using the satellite-based Starlink service from Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore gave an update on their mission Friday, about one week since the Starliner space capsule returned to Earth without them.

SpaceX released a new potential launch date for its Crew 9 mission. This launch will mark the first time a human spaceflight mission will take off from the Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

The launch is set to send five communications satellites — dubbed “BlueBirds” — for AST SpaceMobile into orbit from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

A tech billionaire has performed the first private spacewalk hundreds of miles above Earth.

Paying passengers have lined up to rocket to space to experience a few minutes of weightlessness.

News 6 viewers share photos of the historic SpaceX launch.

SpaceX successfully launched its historic Polaris Dawn mission Tuesday morning from Kennedy Space Center.

A billionaire has rocketed back into orbit, aiming to perform the first private spacewalk.

NASA has given the go-ahead to next month’s launch to Jupiter’s moon Europa.

SpaceX early Tuesday morning launched the historic Polaris Dawn mission from Kennedy Space Center.

Boeing’s first astronaut mission is finally over.

Former President Donald Trump says he would create a government efficiency commission to audit the entire federal government.

Boeing will attempt to return its problem-plagued capsule from the International Space Station later this week — with empty seats.

SpaceX on Wednesday scrubbed a planned Falcon 9 rocket launch from Florida’s Space Coast.

After being grounded over an accident with its first-stage booster last week, SpaceX is once again launching Falcon 9 rockets.

NASA has cut two astronauts from the next crew to make room on the return trip for the two stuck at the International Space Station.

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice is threatening to shut down the operations of X, formerly Twitter, in that country unless its billionaire owner Elon Musk names a legal representative in Brazil within 24 hours.

SpaceX launches are on hold after a booster rocket toppled over in flames while landing.

The Federal Aviation Administration is requiring an investigation into what went wrong with the landing of a SpaceX rocket booster that launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station early Wednesday.

A SpaceX booster caught fire and tipped over early Wednesday while trying to land on a drone ship in the Atlantic.

SpaceX has scrubbed its plans for the Polaris Dawn launch from Kennedy Space Center.

NASA has decided it’s too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing’s troubled new capsule.

The crew attempting the first commercial spacewalk next week will go further away from Earth than any astronauts since the final Apollo mission, but soaring three-and-a-half times higher than the International Space Station will come with additional risks.

NASA will decide this weekend whether Boeing's new capsule is safe enough to return two astronauts from the International Space Station, where they've been waiting since June.

Amazon is investing another $19.5 million to build a storage and processing site at Kennedy Space Center for "Project Kuiper," an internet satellite constellation not unlike SpaceX's Starlink.

As part of the mission, a four-person crew will go up aboard a Dragon capsule launched by a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center.

The Polaris Dawn mission will spend up to five days in orbit and plan to reach milestones for commercial spaceflight.