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- Free to download
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Ratings & reviews
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5/5Pioneers Rock
I’m perplexed and disappointed in parents and teachers for not giving their children/students the opportunity of learning and watching NASA/Space x launches?? I have to be very ill or not in town to miss any opportunity to watch and wonder the possibilities for our youth’s future that can only be positively affected by our awesome opportunity here in Brevard. I watched in awe every mission leading up to the Apollo missions to our incredible and rare Moon. I am so fortunate to have experienced the amazing Shuttle program/missions with obviously an exception of our Nations 14 heroes on Challenger and Columbia, these wonderful people are the best of the best and I will never forget them along with Grissom, Chaffee, and White the most amazing human beings ever. Thanks NASA, and a huge shout out to Elon Musk for being the great Pioneer of our time you are shaping young minds as we speak. I appreciate NASA for giving me this opportunity to speak out about your incredible contributions to humanity and please share the space explorations with a child, a friend, and watch them become a great lover of “Space the Final Frontier, these are the Most amazing times of our lives. God Speed
Ceti eel · 30 Aug 2026
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5/5My Main way of Checking Launches.
This has been my favorite app to see launch schedules. I love all the different statistics that are here and that all the launches from the past are on here. However, I'm not a fan of the new update. I like the new home tab but as a blind person who uses VoiceOver it doesn't work as well as the old version. Other than that I have loved this app and would only suggest making the new version work better with VoiceOver. Also, the launch timeline adds a lot of clutter to the screen. I think it would be good to put a button to show the timeline almost like how the flight simulation is setup.
Boat nerd. · 30 Aug 2026
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5/5Fantastic Rocket Launch App
If your looking for a FREE app to keeps you up to date for the upcoming launches no matter the location-this is it! The programmer is on it. While watching LIVE, 6 o’clock news, NextSpaceFlight notified me before the news casters said anything. Another cool feature NextSpaceFlight has is the “watch live” feed. Just imagine watching a live launch in person but once the rocket is out of view, you can watch the rocket leave our atmosphere from your cellphone. If your a rocket launch fan like me, this is the only app you’ll need. 👍🏽👍🏽
Davenport21 · 30 Aug 2026
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4/5Beautiful Layout but Missing one Key feature
The layout and design of the app is beautiful. You can quickly see what launches are next and it gives a ton of information about each launch. The only thing is that you can’t schedule it to notify you for specific launches. You either have the option of it notifying you for every launch or none. I want the ability to turn it on to notify for specific missions or even have it so that you can notify for certain companies or launch vehicles because the favorites are only for launch sites too. Oh and a widget would be great so you don’t have to open the app to see what the next launches are. Besides that a great app
Erin Asadourian · 30 Aug 2026
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1/5Couple major issues
There are a couple major issues that ruin this for me. The first is that there is no dark mode icon for iOS 18. Their app icon is so simple that it would take less than 5 minutes to upload an appropriate dark mode icon but they have not. To me, this signals that they don’t care since they’ve had months to submit one. It seems like a small issue but it’s one of the only apps that doesn’t have a dark mode version on my phone and it means all notifications show up in light mode- very annoying and doesn’t match the system theme. Slightly related to the first point, is the amount of notifications. There is no way, from what I can tell, to filter notifications to only show nearby launches. Only want to see the ones near me that I can see. I don’t need notifications all day every day for launches happening all over the planet. Let me filter notifications by the ones I actually want to see. These two issues magnify each other since the spam of notifications show up on my feed every day in a light mode icon that doesn’t match all of the other iOS 18 dark mode icons. Could be great but they cut corners in places that should be very simple basic features.
MajinOkabe · 30 Aug 2026
Privacy & accessibility
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Versions
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2.7.3
Additional statistics and bug fixes
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2.7.4
Bug fixes
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2.7.5
Bug fixes
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2.7.6
Next Spaceflight is now supported by the development team of NASASpaceflight.com. This update just includes a few changes to the about page and a new splash screen, but many new features are on the way. To stay updated, follow the new X (Twitter) account @NextSpaceflight.
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2.7.7
-Fixed bug that was causing the app to crash for certain launches
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4.0
- Redesigned UI - Faster Load Times - Live Launch Countdown - Advanced Filter Options for Launches - Choose Favorite Agencies in Settings
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4.0.1
Fixed an issue where the home screen wouldn't load data after the cache was cleared. If you were affected by this issue, simply clear the app cache again after updating.
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4.0.2
- Improved accessibility for screen readers - Added better text responsiveness when using larger system font sizes
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4.0.3
- Speed improvements - Faster scrolling on the Launches and Vehicles tab - Fixed in-app links not opening for some users - App handles auto-refreshing data better
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4.0.4
- Crash fixes
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4.0.5
- Improved data refreshing to keep the app up to date and fetch data faster when notifications go out. - Lightened purple accent color in dark mode to improve readability. - Added image credits for new photos in the app. - Fixed time in widgets when use UTC is enabled. - Fixed links not opening for some devices. - Fixed issue with starship tests showing incorrect NET dates.
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4.0.6
- Support for “partial recovery failures” for boosters such as the NASA worm booster, B1058 - New notification option added for Starbase road closure updates - Fixes for slow loading when notifications are opened - Improved data refreshing - Open source library credits added in the About section - Fixed Starship section showing incorrect countdown to launch - Fixed Starship page jumping up and down when scrolling near the bottom - Fixed widgets counting down to past launches
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4.1.0
- Added agency profile pages - Added status update notifications for launches - Added multiple livestream options for launches - Added rocket launch headings on launch site maps - Improved loading times and refresh logic, preventing outdated info from showing - Added support for new "No Earlier Than" dates, including NET Quarter, Half Year, Year, and Decade - Reduced font size across app for a more compact look
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4.1.1
- Optimized rocket images for faster loading - Crash fixes
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4.1.2
- Crash fixes
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4.1.3
- Crash fix when event notification is opened
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4.1.4
- Support for iOS 18 dark and tinted app icon & widgets - New social popups (Discord and X) - Fixes issue where inactive users stopped receiving notifications - Small bug fixes and improvements
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4.1.5
- You can now switch between timezones on the launch details page. See what the local time will be at the pad when the rocket launches! - Added support for universal links. Launches you share in messages or online will now open directly in the app! - Added share button to rocket, reusable vehicle, and starship hardware pages - Bug fixes
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4.1.6
- Bug fixes
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4.1.7
- Filtering launches and notifications by favorite locations and favorite agencies is now easier to configure - The Favorite Agencies page now shows active agencies first, along with their logos - Bug fixes
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4.2.0
- Added a new 3D launch simulation for upcoming launches! Preview the trajectory beforehand or follow along live during a launch with the location, velocity, and altitude of the rocket. - Added instant live updates and in-app notifications for launches - Added a launch weather forecast for upcoming launches - More precise booster average/fastest turnaround stats - Added fastest pad turnaround times - Bug fixes
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4.2.1
- Redesigned the launch sites map, including a launch manifest for each pad and viewing info. Try scrolling down and tapping on the launch site map on the launch details page, or tap the globe button on the bottom right of the vehicles tab. - Add flight count to the vehicle previews on the reusable vehicles page - Added sorting options on the reusable vehicles page - Added a webcast delay option to the flight simulation page, allowing you to sync up live playback with a launch webcast - Screen will no longer dim when playing a flight simulation - Reduced flight simulation energy usage - Fixed bug where launch direction wouldn't show for launches facing north - Fixed duplicate "on this day" launches on the home tab
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4.2.2
- Fixed slow-loading images on the Home tab
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4.3.0
- Fixed launches not loading on some devices
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4.3.1
· 15 Sep 2025
- iOS 26 support - Bug fixes
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Availability by market
- US
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- Last verified
- 30 Aug 2026
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