Mission Reports – Page 157

April 22, 2026

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[ April 21, 2026 ] SpaceX launches final GPS III satellite for the U.S. Space Force Falcon 9
[ April 20, 2026 ] Blue Origin launches third New Glenn rocket, but payload ends up in wrong orbit New Glenn
[ April 19, 2026 ] Third flight of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket to feature 1st reuse of booster Mission Reports
[ April 18, 2026 ] SpaceX makes 600th Falcon booster landing during West Coast Starlink mission Falcon 9
[ April 16, 2026 ] Blue Origin hot fires its first previously flown booster, prepares for weekend launch Mission Reports

Soyuz rocket rolls out for launch of Russian film crew

October 2, 2021 Stephen Clark

A Soyuz rocket rolled out to its launch pad in Kazakhstan Friday, ready to blast off Tuesday to the International Space Station with veteran Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, actress Yulia Peresild, and film director Klim Shipenko.

Cosmonaut shares new perspective of International Space Station

October 1, 2021 Stephen Clark

Photos taken by a Russian cosmonaut Tuesday from a Soyuz spacecraft show new exterior views of the International Space Station, with two SpaceX Dragon spaceships, a Northrop Grumman Cygnus supply craft, and the lab’s new roll-out solar arrays visible.

SpaceX cargo ship streaks across Florida on the way to splashdown

October 1, 2021 Stephen Clark

A SpaceX supply ship blazed a trail through the atmosphere over the southeastern United States Thursday night and splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean east of Florida, returning home with 2.3 tons of research specimens and cargo from the International Space Station.

Live coverage: Japanese Epsilon rocket launch scrubbed

September 30, 2021 Stephen Clark

The fifth launch of a Japanese Epsilon rocket was scrubbed Thursday night. The mission will carry nine small satellites into orbit to test an array of space technologies, demonstrate techniques to eliminate space debris, and prove out a miniature space lab for biological experiments.

After two decades, the Webb telescope is finished and on the way to its launch site

September 30, 2021 Stephen Clark

A ship carrying the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope left a port in Southern California last weekend to begin a nearly two-week journey to Kourou, French Guiana, where it will begin final preparations for launch Dec. 18 on a European Ariane 5 rocket.

Live coverage: Dragon cargo ship departs space station, heads for splashdown

September 30, 2021 Stephen Clark

A SpaceX Cargo Dragon supply ship undocked from the International Space Station Thursday and headed for splashdown off the coast of Florida. The reusable cargo capsule departed the station at 9:12 a.m. EDT (1312 GMT). Splashdown off the east coast of Florida occurred at 10:57 p.m. EDT (0257 GMT).

Photos: Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from foggy Vandenberg Space Force Base

September 29, 2021 Stephen Clark

Shrouded in a veil of fog, an Atlas 5 rocket fired away from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California Monday with the Landsat 9 remote sensing satellite.

Chinese test satellite fails after launch

September 29, 2021 Stephen Clark

China’s classified Shiyan 10 test satellite failed after launching into orbit on a Long March 3B rocket Monday, Chinese state media said.

Planet co-founder among passengers on Blue Origin’s next suborbital spaceflight

September 28, 2021 Stephen Clark

The co-founders of the satellite remote sensing company Planet Labs and the clinical research software firm Medidata, both wealthy entrepreneurs, are two of the four passengers slated to launch to the edge of space next month on Blue Origin’s next suborbital flight.

Station crew relocates Soyuz spaceship to new Russian module

September 28, 2021 Stephen Clark

Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut strapped into their Soyuz ferry ship Tuesday at the International Space Station and moved the craft to a new docking port on Russia’s Nauka lab module that arrived at the complex in July.