Nineteen orbital rockets launched from Florida's Space Coast during January and February, accelerating the 2025 Eastern Range schedule to a record-breaking pace that would topple last year's record of 93 annual liftoffs.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 7:03 p.m. ET (2303 GMT) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying four astronauts who will replace Wilmore and Williams, both of whom are veteran NASA astronauts and retired U.

SpaceX aims to launch Crew-10 on Friday. The crew-swap mission will enable NASA’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to return home from the International Space Station.