China's Zhuque-3 reusable rocket, developed by private firm LandSpace, failed to make a successful landing on Wednesday, but its debut launch has thrust

The Shenzhou 22 mission, originally scheduled to fly next year, is now scheduled to launch on Tuesday, Nov. 25, at 04:11 UTC from Site 901 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China’s Inner Mongolia province. Shenzhou 22, mounted atop a Chang Zheng-2F rocket, will launch without crew and dock autonomously with the Tiangong space station.

Around this time last year, officials at United Launch Alliance projected 2025 would be their busiest year ever. Tory Bruno, ULA’s chief executive, told reporters the company would launch as many as 20 missions this year, with roughly an even split between the legacy Atlas V launcher and its replacement — the Vulcan rocket.

SpaceX will launch its second rocket of December from California. Here's where to watch the Falcon 9 lift off at the Vandenberg Space Force Base.

The company announced it has received approval to develop Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The Space Coast's record rocket train of 2025 kept rolling with the first launch of December on Dec. 1. A SpaceX Falcon 9 with 29 of the company's Starlink satellites lifted off from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-A at 2:44 a.m. marking the first of at least five planned launches on the Space Coast in the next two weeks.

SpaceX will launch another rocket just three days after its last mission from California. Will the Falcon 9 be visible over Arizona?

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