NASA also announced that the next crewed mission, Crew-12, which for now is targeting a Feb. 15 launch, will be from SLC-40. Normally SpaceX uses Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A for its Crew Dragon flights, but did use SLC-40 once for Crew-9 in 2024. All four of SpaceX’s 2025 human spaceflights were from KSC.

SpaceX launched its third mission of the year from the Space Coast on Monday afternoon while preparing for the early return later this week of Crew-11 from the International Space Station.

A Falcon 9 rocket delivered a collection of payloads including space telescopes, Earth-observers and other craft with a Sunday morning departure from

NASA could be sending a crew on the Orion spacecraft out past the moon in less than a month if everything falls into place. But first the agency has to get its rocket to the launch pad.

Florida's Space Coast is preparing for major launches from NASA, SpaceX, and Blue Origin in 2026. NASA's Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on a flight around the moon as early as February 2026. SpaceX plans for the first launch of its massive ...