Cape Canaveral

The core stage of United Launch Alliance's Vulcan arrived by barge. Its demonstration mission will send payloads into orbit and beyond.

The return of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket brought with it a sonic boom, ushering in what could be a very busy year for launches from Florida.

The first launch window opens at 6:29 a.m. and weather remains favorable.

It's estimated that more than 60 launches will take place by the end of the year.

SpaceX’s Transporter-3 mission has a 29-minute launch window that opens Thursday at 10:25 a.m., with a scheduled booster landing back at Cape Canaveral.

It begins on Thursday with the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the uptick in activity, including launches from private sector companies, will usher in a "whole new era of space activity."

The Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage is responsible for giving an in-space boost to the astronauts and sending them on a precise trajectory to the moon.

Boeing and NASA are calling off a launch attempt Wednesday of the Starliner capsule after engineers discovered an issue with the spacecraft's propulsion system.

It launched from Cape Canaveral in 2016.

SpaceX is set to launch its last rocket of 2020 from Cape Canaveral Thursday morning with a boom. There’s the chance residents along the space coast could hear a sonic boom shortly after liftoff.

Vice President Mike Pence’s announcement came as he was in Florida to attend a meeting of the National Space Council at Kennedy Space Center.