When is the next Florida rocket launch? Live updates: 1st of back-to-back launch days to see SpaceX launch from Cape Canaveral Previous missions this Polaris Dawn booster flew include: NASA's Crew-8, CRS-31, Astranis: From One to Many, IM-2, and six other Starlink missions. Overall, it was the 12th flight of the booster. Just over eight minutes after liftoff, the booster landed on the Just Read the Instruction drone ship, which was stationed out on the Atlantic Ocean. Axiom Space Mission 4 astronaut launch in Florida Tuesday's launch was the first of what was set to be back-to-back SpaceX launch days. The launch of the Axiom Space Mission 4 (Ax-4) astronauts was scheduled for 8 a.m. June 11 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center pad 39A. But SpaceX said late June 10 that they were standing down to allow additional time for repairs to a liquid oxygen leak identified during the static fire booster inspection. No new launch date was set. Commanded by former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, the international crew of four astronauts will spend two weeks on the International Space Station. With the mission traveling to the space station, the mission must lift off on time or scrub for the day. The SpaceX booster from the Axiom mission will return to Cape Canaveral, creating an early morning Space Coast sonic boom. The FLORIDA TODAY Space Team will provide live updates beginning two hours prior to launch at FloridaToday.com/Space. Brooke Edwards is a Space Reporter for Florida Today. Contact her at bedwards@floridatoday.com or on X: @brookeofstars. Featured Weekly Ad