Summary
- SpaceX’s eighth Starship flight test ended in an explosion.
- Starliner astronauts are on their way back to Earth after a nine-month stay at the International Space Station.
- Blue Origin successfully launched New Glenn into orbit.
- SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral.
- Firefly Aerospace has announced that its Blue Ghost 1 lander will launch on January 15th.
- All of that and more in this week’s rocket launch news update from The Verge.