Good news, space enthusiasts: rocket launches are about to resume at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in Southern California following a short break.

This rocket comes up and then a few seconds later, the sound hits you. It’s just this roar and rumble, and then it’s a crackle. And then you look at it and you realize, this thing is not a movie. This thing is actually going into space.

The slate of upcoming rocket launches would be the first in about two weeks following routine maintenance at the launch complex where SpaceX missions get off the ground from the Vandenberg Space Force Base.

SpaceX is planning to launch another Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Southern California on Tuesday evening.

Live updates from SpaceX's Amazon mission Wednesday, July 16, that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

While U.S.-based companies are launching more payloads into orbit than ever before, they’re still limited by the inefficiency of conventional rockets. With rockets, most of the weight is in the propellant, not the payload, and a huge portion of it is burned simply battling Earth’s gravity and atmosphere.

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In case of an emergency at the Artemis moon rocket launch pad, baskets are available for astronauts to quickly use to get a safe distance. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA | edited by Steve