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  • [ October 4, 2026 ] SpaceX scrubs launch attempt for 21 data transport satellites for the Space Development Agency Falcon 9
  • [ October 1, 2026 ] Falcon Heavy flies its first mission for U.S. spy satellite agency Falcon Heavy
  • [ October 1, 2026 ] Fresh crew takes off for six-month stay aboard space station Falcon 9
  • [ October 1, 2026 ] Launch preview: NASA, SpaceX launch next crewed mission to the International Space Station Falcon 9
  • [ September 29, 2026 ] NASA plans unpiloted Starliner test flight at end of year News

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Station resumes normal operations, but risk from Russian ASAT test continues

November 18, 2021 Stephen Clark

The seven-person crew living on the International Space Station resumed normal operations Wednesday, two days after closing off parts of the complex as precaution following a widely-condemned Russian anti-satellite test that created a new cloud of space debris.

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SpaceX targets January or February for first launch of world’s largest rocket

November 18, 2021 Stephen Clark

SpaceX’s team in South Texas is gearing up to be ready for the first combined launch of the Super Heavy booster and Starship mega-rocket as soon as January, assuming the company completes launch pad construction, ground testing, and secures regulatory approval from the Federal Aviation Administration, founder Elon Musk said Wednesday.

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Live coverage: Rocket Lab launches two BlackSky satellites

November 18, 2021 Stephen Clark

A week after scrubbing a launch attempt to evaluate a technical issue, Rocket Lab sent two small BlackSky Earth-imaging satellites into orbit from New Zealand at 8:38 p.m. EST Wednesday (0138 GMT Thursday). Rocket Lab recovered the Electron rocket’s first stage booster from the Pacific Ocean.

Falcon 9

SpaceX is about to break its own annual launch record

November 17, 2021 Stephen Clark

After a lull in launch activity the last few months, SpaceX plans to close out 2021 with a spurt of missions from all three of the company’s active launch pads in Florida and California, with five or more Falcon 9 flights planned before the end of the year.

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French military intelligence satellites launch on Vega rocket

November 16, 2021 Stephen Clark

A European Vega rocket fired into space from French Guiana Tuesday and deployed three French military satellites to locate sources of radio and radar transmissions around the world, clearing the way for final modifications on the Vega launch pad for an uprated version of the booster set to debut next year.

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Live coverage: Europe’s 20th Vega rocket launches from French Guiana

November 16, 2021 Stephen Clark

A Vega launcher with three French military reconnaissance satellites lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 4:27 a.m. EST (0927 GMT) Tuesday.

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U.S. officials: Space station at risk from ‘reckless’ Russian anti-satellite test

November 15, 2021 Stephen Clark

Russia shot down an old Soviet-era military spacecraft Monday in a test of an anti-satellite weapon, scattering hundreds of thousands of debris fragments that will remain in orbit for years or decades, U.S. government officials said. The crew on the International Space Station sheltered in their lifeboats Monday as the complex flew through the debris field.

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Live coverage: Space station crew members take cover from space debris

November 15, 2021 Stephen Clark

The seven astronauts and cosmonauts living on the International Space Station took refuge Monday morning inside their Dragon and Soyuz ferry ships after a space debris field threatened to pass near the outpost.

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Japanese Epsilon rocket launches nine small satellites

November 15, 2021 Stephen Clark

A Japanese Epsilon rocket launched nine small satellites into orbit Nov. 8, deploying technology to prove out ways to eliminate space debris, a miniature lab for biological experiments, and a potpourri of pathfinder probes to test new sensor and spacecraft components.

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SpaceX launch starts deployment of new Starlink orbital shell

November 13, 2021 Stephen Clark

SpaceX shot 53 Starlink internet satellites into orbit on top of a Falcon 9 rocket Saturday from foggy Cape Canaveral, commencing a new phase of deploying the global broadband network with the first launch into a new “shell” some 335 miles above Earth.

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News Headlines

  • SpaceX scrubs launch attempt for 21 data transport satellites for the Space Development Agency
    October 4, 2026
  • Falcon Heavy flies its first mission for U.S. spy satellite agency
    October 1, 2026
  • Fresh crew takes off for six-month stay aboard space station
    October 1, 2026
  • Launch preview: NASA, SpaceX launch next crewed mission to the International Space Station
    October 1, 2026
  • NASA plans unpiloted Starliner test flight at end of year
    September 29, 2026
  • Starship returns to Earth; rocket splashes down north of Hawaii after three-hour flight
    September 28, 2026
  • Launch preview: SpaceX to launch first Starlink V3 satellites to orbit on Starship
    September 28, 2026
  • Next crew bound for the space station arrive in Florida
    September 26, 2026
  • SpaceX Falcon 9 launches classified mission for U.S. Space Force from West Coast
    September 25, 2026
  • NASA announces new space telescope ‘PRIMA’ to launch in 2033
    September 24, 2026
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