Mission Reports

March 7, 2026

Breaking News

[ March 7, 2026 ] NASA contract confirms selection of ULA’s Centaur 5 as new upper stage for the SLS rocket Artemis
[ March 6, 2026 ] Live coverage: SpaceX plans mid-afternoon Falcon 9 rocket launch from Vandenberg SFB Falcon 9
[ March 5, 2026 ] Spanish launch startup PLD Space raises $209 million to scale its rocket production Miura 5
[ March 3, 2026 ] SpaceX launches 600th Starlink satellite of 2026 during predawn Falcon 9 rocket flight from Cape Canaveral Falcon 9
[ March 1, 2026 ] SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Falcon 9

Live coverage: Two satellites blast off on Ariane 5

July 15, 2015 Stephen Clark

A Brazilian television broadcasting satellite and Europe’s next weather observatory packaged atop an Ariane 5 rocket lifted off at 2142 GMT (5:42 p.m. EDT) Wednesday from Kourou, French Guiana.

Live coverage: Atlas 5 rocket launches with GPS satellite

July 14, 2015 Justin Ray

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket departed Cape Canaveral at 11:36 a.m. EDT (1536 GMT) to deploy the Global Positioning System 2F-10 navigation satellite.

Orbital sail, Earth-watching satellites launched by PSLV

July 10, 2015 Stephen Clark

Five satellites made in Britain to track the expansion of Chinese cities and demonstrate a new sail design to clean up space junk blasted off Friday on top of an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.

British satellites set to ride Indian rocket into space

July 9, 2015 Stephen Clark

India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is set for liftoff Friday with five satellites built in Britain to look down on Earth and test a solar sail’s ability to clean up space junk.

Photographer catches space station transiting the moon

July 7, 2015 Stephen Clark

It’s not an unprecedented sight, but catching the International Space Station transiting a celestial object like the sun or moon takes patience and precision. An Australian photographer was in the right place at the right time to capture the moment.

Musk: Falcon 9 rocket failure a “huge blow” to SpaceX

July 7, 2015 Stephen Clark

Speaking publicly for the first time since a Falcon 9 rocket failure that destroyed a Dragon cargo capsule for the International Space Station, SpaceX founder Elon Musk said Tuesday that engineers are still piecing together what happened during the June 28 accident in hopes of announcing more details within a few days.

Live coverage: Two satellites blast off on Ariane 5

Live coverage: Atlas 5 rocket launches with GPS satellite

Orbital sail, Earth-watching satellites launched by PSLV

British satellites set to ride Indian rocket into space

Photographer catches space station transiting the moon

Musk: Falcon 9 rocket failure a “huge blow” to SpaceX

Next Ariane 5 launch reset for July 15

Photos: Russian supply ship flies to space station

Progress resupply mission arrives at ISS

Russia launches cargo ship to station