Here are the launches scheduled for the next 24 hours: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-38 Provider: SpaceX Launch Time: 2026-08-08 16:23 UTC / 2026-08-08 12:23 PM EDT Launch Pad: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA Pad Country: USA Visit RocketLaunch.Live to view the full schedule for future planned launches. For more information about how to identify space launches and their effects, check out our Space Launches Wiki Page. Launch Example Image 1 - Launch Example Image 2

🌙 TONIGHT, THE MOON ACQUIRES A NEW SCAR At approximately 2:34 a.m. ET, a four-ton Falcon 9 upper stage, abandoned after carrying two landers toward the Moon in January 2025, will reach the end of its long, silent orbit. It will strike the lunar surface near Einstein Crater at roughly 5,400 mph. Models suggest the collision could excavate a crater somewhere between 20 and 40 meters across, while launching a column of lunar material potentially tens of miles above the surface. Observatories ac...