Bumper's 1950 liftoff paved way for thousands of missions from iconic spaceport It is 75 years since the first rocket launch from Cape Canaveral: a two-stage rocket consisting of a German V-2 missile and a US sounding rocket.

Late-night rocket launch window! Weather permitting and depending on cloud cover, SpaceX Falcon 9 should be visible in the Space Coast sky this week

Check out which rockets have lifted off in 2025 from Florida's Space Coast, home of NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.