A SpaceX Falcon 9's glowing exhaust contrails lit up the predawn sky Tuesday morning as the rocket launched 29 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral.

The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and deployed 29 Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from Florida was spotted out of state, including New York City. Readers shared photos of the "space jellyfish" effect.

In its 100th Falcon 9 launch of the year, SpaceX marked a record-setting 37 missions for the rocket's first-stage booster, a reuse milestone.

The Nancy Grace Roman telescope is heading to space in a few days. It's set for launch on August 30, no earlier than 7:26AM Eastern time, with NASA's live coverage to begin at 6:20AM. The agency's engineers completed the final inspection of the telescope's primary mirror in late May to make sure it hadn't been damaged during testing.

Follow NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and its launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket to begin its mission to explore the universe.

Launching Aug. 30, 2026, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will study dark energy, hunt exoplanets and image the cosmos on a scale never seen before.

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope launches Aug. 30 aboard Falcon Heavy. Here’s everything to know about its mission to map galaxies, hunt exoplanets and probe dark energy.