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January 23, 2026

Breaking News

[ January 21, 2026 ] SpaceX launches first West Coast Starlink mission of 2026 Falcon 9
[ January 18, 2026 ] SpaceX launches Sunday sunset Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral Falcon 9
[ January 16, 2026 ] NRO, SpaceX launch reconnaissance satellites from Vandenberg Falcon 9
[ 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

Payload issue delays SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy launch to early 2022

October 4, 2021 Stephen Clark

The next flight of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, previously scheduled for this month, has been pushed back to early 2022 after more delays caused by its U.S. military payload, a Space Force spokesperson said.

Blue Origin says ‘Star Trek’ actor William Shatner will fly to space next week

October 4, 2021 Stephen Clark

Blue Origin confirmed Monday that actor William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk on “Star Trek,” will fly into space on a suborbital launch Oct. 12 from West Texas.

Soyuz rocket rolls out for launch of Russian film crew

October 2, 2021 Stephen Clark

A Soyuz rocket rolled out to its launch pad in Kazakhstan Friday, ready to blast off Tuesday to the International Space Station with veteran Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, actress Yulia Peresild, and film director Klim Shipenko.

Cosmonaut shares new perspective of International Space Station

October 1, 2021 Stephen Clark

Photos taken by a Russian cosmonaut Tuesday from a Soyuz spacecraft show new exterior views of the International Space Station, with two SpaceX Dragon spaceships, a Northrop Grumman Cygnus supply craft, and the lab’s new roll-out solar arrays visible.

SpaceX cargo ship streaks across Florida on the way to splashdown

October 1, 2021 Stephen Clark

A SpaceX supply ship blazed a trail through the atmosphere over the southeastern United States Thursday night and splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean east of Florida, returning home with 2.3 tons of research specimens and cargo from the International Space Station.

Live coverage: Japanese Epsilon rocket launch scrubbed

September 30, 2021 Stephen Clark

The fifth launch of a Japanese Epsilon rocket was scrubbed Thursday night. The mission will carry nine small satellites into orbit to test an array of space technologies, demonstrate techniques to eliminate space debris, and prove out a miniature space lab for biological experiments.

After two decades, the Webb telescope is finished and on the way to its launch site

September 30, 2021 Stephen Clark

A ship carrying the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope left a port in Southern California last weekend to begin a nearly two-week journey to Kourou, French Guiana, where it will begin final preparations for launch Dec. 18 on a European Ariane 5 rocket.

Live coverage: Dragon cargo ship departs space station, heads for splashdown

September 30, 2021 Stephen Clark

A SpaceX Cargo Dragon supply ship undocked from the International Space Station Thursday and headed for splashdown off the coast of Florida. The reusable cargo capsule departed the station at 9:12 a.m. EDT (1312 GMT). Splashdown off the east coast of Florida occurred at 10:57 p.m. EDT (0257 GMT).

Photos: Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from foggy Vandenberg Space Force Base

September 29, 2021 Stephen Clark

Shrouded in a veil of fog, an Atlas 5 rocket fired away from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California Monday with the Landsat 9 remote sensing satellite.

Chinese test satellite fails after launch

September 29, 2021 Stephen Clark

China’s classified Shiyan 10 test satellite failed after launching into orbit on a Long March 3B rocket Monday, Chinese state media said.