SpaceX launched 27 Starlink satellites from California early this morning (Aug. 22), on the 100th mission of the year for the company's Falcon rocket family.

The Starlink 10-39 mission lifts off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, with the reusable first-stage booster flying for the 30th time.

One day after a scrub, SpaceX launches Starlink 10-39 mission at 11:14 a.m. Friday, Aug. 21, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

SpaceX launched yet another Starlink mission today (Aug. 21), sending 29 more of the broadband satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast.

NASA's Swift Observatory is set to come crashing down to Earth later this year after private rescue mission failure.

NASA is calling off a mission to save the Swift telescope, which is set to plunge into Earth's atmosphere and burn up later this year. CBS News' space consultant Bill Harwood chimes in.

Nasa fails to save Swift space telescope – and it will now plunge to Earth - Hubble Space Telescope could now face the same threat

NASA and commercial partner Katalyst Space revealed that their ambitious orbital rescue plan has been curtailed. The LINK spacecraft, launched just weeks ago, will no longer attempt to physically grab and boost the aging Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory into a safer orbit.