Mission Reports – Page 149

March 21, 2026

Breaking News

[ March 20, 2026 ] SpaceX launches 25 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB Falcon 9
[ March 19, 2026 ] NASA returns its SLS rocket back to the launch pad ahead of planned April flight of Artemis 2 Artemis
[ March 18, 2026 ] SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Falcon 9
[ March 16, 2026 ] Space launches 29 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket on St. Patrick’s Day morning Falcon 9
[ March 16, 2026 ] SpaceX reaches 10,000 simultaneous Starlink satellites in orbit following Falcon 9 launch from California Falcon 9

Russian Progress supply ship poised for launch from Baikonur

October 27, 2021 Stephen Clark

A Soyuz rocket is ready to boost Russia’s Progress MS-18 supply ship into orbit Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, setting course for a two-day chase of the International Space Station.

German astronaut to become 600th person to fly into space

October 27, 2021 Stephen Clark

Astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, Matthias Maurer, and Kayla Barron flew from their home base in Houston to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Tuesday to begin their final few days of launch preparations before blasting off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for the International Space Station Sunday.

Live coverage: Crew Dragon cleared for Wednesday launch

October 26, 2021 Stephen Clark

NASA and SpaceX managers have given a ‘go’ for the launch of four astronauts aboard a Crew Dragon to the space station at 9:03 p.m. EST Wednesday (0203 GMT Thursday).

Japan successfully launches replacement for decade-old navigation satellite

October 26, 2021 Stephen Clark

A replacement for an aging satellite in Japan’s regional navigation network successfully launched Monday from Tanegashima Space Center aboard an H-2A rocket, heading to an orbit more than 20,000 miles above Earth.

Live coverage: H-2A rocket launches from Tanegashima

October 25, 2021 Stephen Clark

A Japanese H-2A rocket blasted off at 10:19 p.m. EDT Monday (0219 GMT Tuesday) with a fresh satellite for the country’s independent regional space-based navigation system.

NASA clears next SpaceX crew mission for launch, pending review of toilet system

October 25, 2021 Stephen Clark

NASA managers at Kennedy Space Center gave the go-ahead Monday to continue preparations for a Halloween launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station, pending more analysis of a modification to the toilet system on the crew’s SpaceX-owned capsule.

Blue Origin and Sierra Space team up for commercial space station

October 25, 2021 Stephen Clark

Blue Origin and Sierra Space announced Monday they are leading development of a commercial space complex named Orbital Reef that officials said will be operational by the time NASA and its partners retire the International Space Station.

Japanese H-2A rocket ready for launch with navigation satellite

October 25, 2021 Stephen Clark

Japan is set to launch a replacement satellite Monday for a navigation spacecraft that has been in space since 2010, augmenting the U.S. military’s GPS network to provide more precise positioning and timing services over the Asia-Pacific region.

China says it has launched a space debris mitigation tech demo satellite

October 25, 2021 Stephen Clark

China launched the classified Shijian 21 satellite Saturday on what government officials described as an experimental “space debris mitigation” mission.

Arianespace breaks payload mass record on final Ariane 5 launch before Webb

October 24, 2021 Stephen Clark

A European Ariane 5 rocket fired into space Saturday night from French Guiana with a commercial broadband satellite for SES and a French military telecom craft, setting a new payload mass record for geostationary transfer orbit on the final Ariane 5 flight before launch of the James Webb Space Telescope in December.