Mission Reports – Page 27 – Spaceflight Now

October 28, 2026

Breaking News

[ October 27, 2026 ] West Coast Falcon 9 rocket launches 27 Starlink satellites Falcon 9
[ October 20, 2026 ] SpaceX launches Starlink 15-15 mission following a trio of scrubs Falcon 9
[ October 16, 2026 ] Blue Origin to add new Florida launch pads, seeks aggressive increase in New Glenn flight rate New Glenn
[ October 15, 2026 ] SpaceX launches a classified payload for U.S. Space Force Falcon 9
[ October 13, 2026 ] SpaceX launches NASA science and cargo to the International Space Station Falcon 9

NASA, NOAA prep spacecraft trio to study the Sun and its impacts

August 29, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) will be the primary payload on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching no earlier than Sep. 23. The vehicle is joined by the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory and NOAA’s Space Weather Follow-On – Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) observatory.

SpaceX launches record-breaking 30th flight of a Falcon 9 booster

August 27, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The Starlink 10-11 mission features the first launch of a booster on its 30th flight. SpaceX is targeting liftoff of its Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at 4:12 a.m. EDT (0812 UTC).

SpaceX completes 400th Falcon booster landing on a drone ship

August 27, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The accomplishment came during Wednesday’s flight of the Starlink 10-56 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The touchdown was also SpaceX’s 494th overall successful booster landing.

SpaceX successfully launches Super Heavy-Starship on critical test flight

August 27, 2025 William Harwood

While re-entry heating damaged a protective “skirt” around the the engine bay of the upper stage Starship, along with partially melting a control flap near its hinge, the vehicle remained under control throughout and made it all the way to a powered splashdown in the Indian Ocean as planned.

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

August 27, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The mission featured the 400th successful booster landing on a droneship. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 7:10 a.m. EDT (1110 UTC).

Launch preview: SpaceX tries for third time to launch Starship Flight 10 from Starbase, Texas

August 26, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

SpaceX will make its latest attempt following scrubs due to ground systems issues and then poor weather. Liftoff from Pad A at Starbase is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CDT (7:30 p.m. EDT / 2330 UTC).

SpaceX launches Luxembourg’s NAOS, 7 other rideshare satellites from California

August 26, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The mission featured Luxembourg’s NAOS satellite along with seven other secondary satellites. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 11:53 a.m. PDT (2:53 p.m. EDT / 1853 UTC).

Poor weather delays Starship Flight 10 to Tuesday

August 25, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

SpaceX rescheduled the 10th flight of its Starship rocket to Tuesday after bad weather caused a 24 hour delay. Liftoff is scheduled for no earlier than Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. CDT (7:30 p.m. EDT / 2330 UTC).

Cargo ship docks with International Space Station

August 25, 2025 William Harwood

Launched Sunday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station atop a Falcon 9 rocket, the cargo Dragon closed out a 28-hour rendezvous with an ahead-of-schedule docking at the lab’s forward port at 7:05 a.m. EDT as the two spacecraft were passing 260 miles above the Ivory Coast of Africa.

SpaceX scrubs crucial 10th test flight of Starship

August 24, 2025 Spaceflight Now

Watch live as a Super Heavy booster and Starship launch on a crucial test flight for SpaceX’s fully reusable rocket, following three consecutive failures of the Starship upper stage in-flight and an explosion on the test stand. Liftoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CDT / 7:30 p.m. EDT / 2330 UTC.