Here's your weekly look at the upcoming SpaceX launch schedule at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County.

Rocket Lab is surging on massive contracts and backlog growth, but this one factor could decide whether the stock keeps soaring or stalls in 2026.

With Artemis II, SLS could become the most powerful rocket ever to launch humans. Its four main engines burn roughly 700,000 gallons of ultra-cold fuel, producing enough oomph to keep eight Boeing 747s aloft. Future versions of SLS, if they come to fruition, could deliver even greater power.

SpaceX on Sunday (Jan. 18) sent a new batch of 29 Starlink satellites ( Group 6-100) into low Earth orbit. At 6:31 p.m. EDT (2331 GMT), the company launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Rocket Lab stock has continued to skyrocket in 2026 and is currently up 38% year to date. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 is up 1.4%, and the Nasdaq Composite is up 1.2%.

A Norwegian rocket launched on 25 January 1995 in order to study the Northern Lights, was mistaken by Russia for an incoming nuclear missile on a direct course to Moscow.