Mission Reports – Page 173

September 9, 2026

Breaking News

[ September 5, 2026 ] SpaceX launches 80th Starlink mission of 2026 Falcon 9
[ September 1, 2026 ] SpaceX launches Starlink mission from West Coast Falcon 9
[ August 29, 2026 ] Roman Space Telescope, NASA’s next ‘great observatory,’ launched Falcon Heavy
[ August 25, 2026 ] SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Falcon 9
[ August 24, 2026 ] SpaceX launches Starlink mission on a Falcon booster’s record-breaking 37th flight Falcon 9

Vega rocket set to launch next Airbus Pléiades Neo remote sensing satellite

August 15, 2021 Stephen Clark

An Airbus-owned commercial optical Earth-imaging satellite and four small CubeSat rideshare payloads are set for launch Monday night from French Guiana aboard a European Vega rocket.

Rocket Lab announces three back-to-back launches for BlackSky

August 15, 2021 Stephen Clark

Rocket Lab is gearing up for three back-to-back missions beginning later this month from its New Zealand launch base, each carrying two commercial BlackSky Earth-imaging satellites.

Boeing opts to haul Starliner back to hangar, delays flight indefinitely

August 13, 2021 William Harwood

Around-the-clock work to fix valve problems that derailed an Aug. 3 attempt to launch Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule on an unpiloted test flight was called off Friday, delaying another try until after NASA launches a higher-priority asteroid probe in mid-October.

Cygnus supply ship arrives at space station with four tons of cargo

August 12, 2021 Stephen Clark

Closing out a 36-hour flight from a launch pad in Virginia, a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station Thursday with a host of biomedical experiments, supplies for a 3D printing tech demo, fresh food, and spare parts.

Indian rocket failure blamed on upper stage malfunction

August 12, 2021 Stephen Clark

An Indian Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle tumbled out of control five minutes after liftoff Wednesday when the rocket’s cryogenic upper stage failed to ignite, destroying a long-delayed Earth observation spacecraft and ending a streak of 16 straight successful Indian space launches.

Live coverage: India’s GSLV Mk.2 fails during launch

August 11, 2021 Stephen Clark

An Indian Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle ran into trouble minutes after lifting off at 8:13 p.m. EDT Wednesday (0013 GMT Thursday). A malfunction in the rocket’s third stage caused the mission’s failure, destroying a sharp-eyed Earth-imaging satellite.

India set to launch Earth-viewing telescope into geostationary orbit

August 11, 2021 Stephen Clark

India is set to launch the first in a new line of high-altitude Earth observation satellites Wednesday aboard a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle debuting a slightly wider payload shroud to accommodate larger spacecraft.

Northrop Grumman launches commercial resupply mission to space station

August 10, 2021 Stephen Clark

A successful launch from Virginia aboard an Antares rocket Tuesday kicked off Northrop Grumman’s 16th commercial resupply flight to the International Space Station, setting the stage for arrival of more than 8,000 pounds of cargo at the complex Thursday.

Antares launch timeline on the NG-16 mission

August 10, 2021 Stephen Clark

Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket will deliver a Cygnus supply ship into orbit Tuesday to begin a pursuit of the International Space Station.

Live coverage: Northrop Grumman cargo ship arrives at space station

August 10, 2021 Stephen Clark

A Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo ship has arrived at the International Space Station with more than 8,000 pounds of supplies and experiments. The space station’s robotic arm captured the supply craft at 6:07 a.m. EDT (1007 GMT) Thursday.