SpaceX Launch, Artemis Accords & a ‘5-Hour Year’ Planet: Space Roundup (July 23–24, 2025)
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched NASA’s TRACERS mission from Vandenberg on July 23 at 2:13 p.m. EDT, deploying two satellites to study Earth’s magnetosphere. The booster landed successfully, marking SpaceX’s 479th recovery. Five rideshare satellites also launched with technology and science payloads.