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January 15, 2026

Breaking News

[ January 15, 2026 ] Crew 11 safely splashes down after shortened mission Mission Reports
[ January 14, 2026 ] NASA, SpaceX conduct ‘medical evacuation’ Crew-11 return to Earth Mission Reports
[ January 14, 2026 ] SpaceX breaks pad turnaround record at Cape Canaveral with midday Starlink launch Falcon 9
[ January 13, 2026 ] U.S. Space Force switches rockets for upcoming GPS satellite launch Falcon 9
[ January 13, 2026 ] ISS gains new commander as Crew-11 prepares midweek departure Mission Reports

India orbits three satellites in first space launch since failure

February 14, 2022 Stephen Clark

An Indian radar satellite and two rideshare payloads rode a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle into orbit Sunday, returning India’s space program to flight after the failure of a different type of rocket last August.

Live coverage: Indian PSLV lifts off with radar imaging satellite

February 13, 2022 Stephen Clark

India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off at 7:29 p.m. EST Sunday (0029 GMT Monday) with an Indian radar remote sensing satellite and two rideshare payloads. This was the first flight of an Indian PSLV in nearly a year.

Engineers pleased with Webb’s progress as mirror alignment gets underway

February 11, 2022 William Harwood

The first images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope were unveiled Friday, a “selfie” showing the observatory’s 21.3-foot-wide primary mirror and a mosaic showing multiple images of a nondescript star being used to align the 18 segments making up the main mirror.

Musk foresees Florida as a home for Starship operations

February 11, 2022 Stephen Clark

SpaceX plans to transform parts of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to become an operational base for the company’s super-powerful Starship launcher, while keeping a sprawling complex in South Texas as a research and development location for the heavy-lift rocket program, Elon Musk said Thursday.

Indian PSLV prepared for first launch in nearly a year

February 11, 2022 Stephen Clark

An Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is preparing to soar into orbit Sunday with an Indian radar imaging satellite and two rideshare payloads, including one built in the United States in partnership with science institutes in India, Singapore, and Taiwan.

Research satellites destroyed in Astra rocket failure

February 10, 2022 Stephen Clark

Four NASA-funded nanosatellites were lost Thursday when an Astra rocket tumbled out of control minutes after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, the fourth time in five tries that the startup space company has failed to reach orbit.

OneWeb surpasses 400 satellites with Arianespace’s first launch of the year

February 10, 2022 Stephen Clark

A Russian Soyuz rocket lifted off from French Guiana and hauled 34 new satellites into orbit for OneWeb’s internet network Thursday, bringing the tally of OneWeb spacecraft launched to 428 and marking the company’s fleet two-thirds complete.

Video replay: Elon Musk provides update on SpaceX’s Starship program

February 10, 2022 Stephen Clark

Elon Musk, the founder and chief executive of SpaceX, presented an update on the company’s huge Starship rocket program Thursday night in South Texas.

Live coverage: Soyuz rocket launches more OneWeb satellites

February 10, 2022 Stephen Clark

Arianespace’s first mission of 2022 launched from French Guiana on Thursday with 34 more satellites for OneWeb’s global internet network. A Russian Soyuz rocket lifted off at 1:09 p.m. EST (1809 GMT; 3:09 p.m. French Guiana time), heading northbound over the Atlantic Ocean to a polar orbit with the Florida-built OneWeb satellites.

Solar storm dooms up to 40 new Starlink satellites

February 8, 2022 Stephen Clark

SpaceX says the effects of a solar storm will destroy as many as 40 of 49 new Starlink internet satellites launched from Florida last week.