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November 15, 2025

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[ November 14, 2025 ] SpaceX completes second fastest turnaround between Falcon 9 launches from Cape Canaveral Falcon 9
[ November 14, 2025 ] SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Falcon 9
[ November 13, 2025 ] Blue Origin launches twin Mars probes for NASA as New Glenn makes first landing New Glenn
[ November 13, 2025 ] ULA launches ViaSat-3 following valve replacement on Atlas 5 rocket Atlas 5
[ November 13, 2025 ] Launch preview: Blue Origin to launch NASA’s ESCAPADE following scrubs from clouds, space weather Mission Reports

Live coverage: Soyuz launches with OneWeb satellites

May 27, 2021 Stephen Clark

The next 36 satellites for OneWeb’s internet network launched at 1:38 p.m. EDT (1738 GMT) Friday from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East. Russian officials scrubbed a launch attempt Thursday to replace a faulty inertial measurement unit on the Soyuz rocket.

First phase of SpaceX’s Starlink network nears completion with Falcon 9 launch

May 26, 2021 Stephen Clark

The launch of 60 more Starlink satellites Wednesday from Cape Canaveral could give SpaceX enough spacecraft to complete the first layer of its privately-funded global internet network, but the company shows no signs of slowing its launch cadence this summer.

Firefly selects SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch NASA-chartered moon lander

May 26, 2021 Stephen Clark

Firefly Aerospace has selected SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to launch the company’s first commercial lunar lander mission in 2023 with 10 NASA-sponsored research payloads.

NASA to develop $2.5 billion, five-satellite Earth System Observatory

May 26, 2021 Stephen Clark

The Biden administration announced this week that NASA will develop a series of five Earth science satellite missions over the next decade, part of a $2.5 billion program called the Earth System Observatory to collect climate and geological data identified as priorities in a 2018 decadal survey.

Live coverage: SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink satellites

May 26, 2021 Stephen Clark

Another batch of 60 Starlink internet satellites took off from Cape Canaveral at 2:59 p.m. EDT (1859 GMT) Wednesday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The launcher flew with a recycled first stage booster and payload shroud, with one half of the nose cone flown on four previous missions. The booster successfully landed again on a SpaceX drone ship.

Chinese rover drives onto surface of Mars

May 25, 2021 Stephen Clark

The Chinese solar-powered Zhurong rover has driven onto the surface of Mars, making China the second nation to operate a mobile robot on another planet.

Watch new ‘rocketcam’ footage from last week’s Atlas 5 launch

May 25, 2021 Stephen Clark

United Launch Alliance has released new video from cameras mounted aboard an Atlas 5 rocket that lifted off May 18 from Cape Canaveral to haul a U.S. military missile-detection satellite into orbit.

Whitson to command planned commercial flight to space station

May 25, 2021 William Harwood

Peggy Whitson, America’s most experienced astronaut, and veteran GT3-class race car driver John Shoffner, a long-time pilot, will anchor a four-person crew launching to the International Space Station aboard Axiom Space’s second commercial trip to orbit, the company announced Tuesday.

Soyuz in position for liftoff Thursday with 36 OneWeb internet satellites

May 25, 2021 Stephen Clark

A Russian Soyuz booster and Fregat upper stage rode a specialized rail car to a launch pad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome Monday, moving into position for liftoff Thursday with the next 36 satellites for OneWeb’s growing global internet network.

SpaceX test-fires rocket for sixth Falcon 9 launch in five weeks

May 24, 2021 Stephen Clark

SpaceX fired up a Falcon 9 rocket Monday on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, running the launcher through a pre-flight checkout and clearing a hurdle before liftoff later this week with the next batch of Starlink internet satellites.