Mission Reports

June 26, 2017

Breaking News

[ June 25, 2017 ] SpaceX launches and lands second Falcon 9 rocket in two days Falcon 9
[ June 25, 2017 ] Video: Rocketcam replay of Iridium satellite deployment Falcon 9
[ June 25, 2017 ] Video: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg, lands in Pacific Falcon 9
[ June 25, 2017 ] Falcon 9 rocket launching Sunday sports fin upgrade Falcon 9
[ June 25, 2017 ] Photos: Iridium satellites prepped for Falcon 9 flight Falcon 9

Experiment devoted to neutron star research installed on space station

June 19, 2017

A NASA instrument built to help astronomers learn about the structure and behavior of neutron stars, super-dense stellar skeletons left behind by massive explosions, has been mounted to an observation post outside the International Space Station after delivery aboard a SpaceX supply ship earlier this month.

Chinese broadcasting satellite ends up in wrong orbit after rocket failure

June 19, 2017

Ground controllers could try to salvage a Chinese television broadcasting satellite deployed in a lower-than-planned orbit Sunday by a Long March 3B rocket.

Falcon 9 launch delay sets up potential SpaceX ‘doubleheader’ next weekend

June 18, 2017

SpaceX has pushed back the liftoff of a Bulgarian television broadcast satellite on the company’s second previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket until at least Friday, giving ground crews time to replace a valve on the launcher inside a hangar at its Florida launch pad.

Progress cargo freighter docks with International Space Station

June 16, 2017

A Russian Progress supply ship sailed to an automated docking Friday with the International Space Station two days after departing the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, delivering approximately three tons of fuel, spare parts and water to the orbiting outpost and its three-person crew.

Falcon 9 launch scheduled for Monday after hold-down engine firing

June 15, 2017

The launch of a commercial Bulgarian television broadcast satellite from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is set for Monday after SpaceX ran through a mock countdown Thursday and test-fired a previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket’s Merlin main engines.

Video: SpaceX’s second reused Falcon 9 rocket test-fired in Florida

June 15, 2017

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket ignited its nine Merlin main engines for several seconds Thursday at launch pad 39A in Florida, moving the previously-flown booster closer to a scheduled blastoff Monday with a Bulgarian communications satellite.

Live coverage: Previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket fires engines on Florida launch pad

June 15, 2017

SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 rocket launch, using a previously-flown first stage booster, took a step closer to liftoff Thursday with a countdown rehearsal culminating in ignition of the launcher’s nine Merlin main engines in a hold-down firing at pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Experiment devoted to neutron star research installed on space station

Chinese broadcasting satellite ends up in wrong orbit after rocket failure

Falcon 9 launch delay sets up potential SpaceX ‘doubleheader’ next weekend

Progress cargo freighter docks with International Space Station

Falcon 9 launch scheduled for Monday after hold-down engine firing

Video: SpaceX’s second reused Falcon 9 rocket test-fired in Florida

Live coverage: Previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket fires engines on Florida launch pad

Video: Russia’s Progress MS-06 supply ship blasts off from Baikonur

Robotic Russian resupply freighter on the way to space station

Photos: Russian Proton rocket blasts off with EchoStar 21