(AP) — A NASA spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a quest to explore Jupiter ... rocket from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. An hour later, the spacecraft separated from the upper stage ...

Plenty more launches are to come, including another test of SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket, which exploded while in flight in March. Blue Origin is also set to send Katy Perry into space aboard its ...

followed by the rocket's upper stage, another adapter ring, and finally the Orion spacecraft that will be home to the four-person Artemis II crew for their 10-day journey through deep space.

The striking spiral effect was caused by frozen fuel released from the rocket’s upper stage, which caught sunlight ... s out of this world with our space and astronomy calendar.

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with a NASA spacecraft bound for Jupiter lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center Monday, Oct. 14, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) (John ...