September 11th, 2020: Astra’s Rocket 3.1 smallsat launch vehicle lifts off from Kodiak Island, Alaska, marking Astra's first launch in a series of three missions focused on iteratively reaching orbit. (Credit: Astra / John Kraus)

March 15th, 2019: A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Medium+ (5,4) rocket launches from SLC-37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 8:26 P.M. EDT, delivering the U.S. Air Force's WGS-10 satellite to orbit.

July 30th, 2020: A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches from SLC-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 7:50 A.M. EDT, sending NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover to the Red Planet.

August 18th, 2020: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 10:31 A.M. EDT, delivering 58 SpaceX Starlink satellites and three Planet Labs earth observation satellites to low earth orbit.

July 2nd, 2019: A refurbished Peacekeeper booster launches a mock-up Orion capsule from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 7:00 A.M. EDT. This test, named Ascent Abort 2, verified the Orion launch abort system’s ability to safely abort during a future SLS launch.

September 10th, 2018: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Telstar 18 VANTAGE satellite at 12:45 A.M. and is reflected in the waters north of Cape Canaveral.

September 11th, 2020: Astra’s Rocket 3.1 smallsat launch vehicle lifts off from Kodiak Island, Alaska, marking Astra's first launch in a series of three missions focused on iteratively reaching orbit. (Credit: Astra / John Kraus)

April 18th, 2018: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, carrying NASA's planet-hunting Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).

January 6th, 2020: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 9:19 P.M. EST, delivering 60 SpaceX Starlink satellites to low earth orbit.

March 1st, 2018: United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket launches the GOES-S satellite on behalf of NASA and NOAA.

November 26th, 2019: An Ariane 5 rocket launches from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, delivering the TIBA-1 and GX5 satellites to geostationary orbit.

April 11th, 2019: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launches its first commercial mission, successfully delivering the Arabsat-6A satellite to orbit from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A.

April 18th, 2017: Orbital ATK's Cygnus capsule launches to the International Space Station atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket.

February 6th, 2018: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket, the world's most powerful active rocket, makes its debut flight from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center.

February 6th, 2018: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket, the world's most powerful active rocket, makes its debut flight from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center.

January 7th, 2018: SpaceX launches the classified Zuma payload for Northrup Grumman, and lands the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket back at Cape Canaveral eight minutes after launch.

April 17th, 2019: A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket launches a Cygnus resupply cargo mission to the International Space Station. The launch took place at Launch Pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster returns to Port Canaveral aboard the Of Course I Still Love You droneship following its successful landing during the CRS-19 mission.

August 12th, 2018: A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket launches from SLC-37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 3:31 A.M. EDT, sending the Parker Solar Probe on its distant mission to study the sun's corona.

August 8th, 2019: A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches from SLC-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 6:13 A.M. EDT, delivering the U.S. Air Force's AEHF-5 satellite to orbit.

March 6th, 2018: Falcon 9 launches Hispasat 30W-6, the 50th launch of the Falcon 9 rocket.

October 11th, 2017: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center at 6:53 P.M. EDT, delivering the EchoStar 105/SES-11 payload to orbit.

November 2nd, 2019: Two RD-181 engines are seen powering a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia. Onboard the rocket was a Cygnus resupply capsule headed to the International Space Station.

June 13th, 2020: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 5:21 A.M. EDT, delivering 58 SpaceX Starlink satellites and three Planet Labs earth observation satellites to low earth orbit.