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July 18, 2026

Breaking News

[ July 16, 2026 ] Post-ignition anomaly causes abort of SpaceX’s Starship Flight 13 Artemis
[ July 4, 2026 ] Semiconductor manufacturing test bed flies alongside Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 launch Falcon 9
[ July 1, 2026 ] SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB Falcon 9
[ June 30, 2026 ] Astronauts ‘operate’ on space station’s broken robot arm Mission Reports
[ June 30, 2026 ] Blue Origin outlines return to flight logistics for its New Glenn rockets Moon Base

Next Starship explodes on test stand

June 19, 2025 Spaceflight Now

SpaceX’s next Starship vehicle, Ship 36, was destroyed in a catastrophic explosion shortly after 11 p.m. CT (0400 UTC) Wednesday as it was being readied for a static fire test at the company’s Massey facility, near Starbase, Texas.

Firefly Aerospace aims to deploy first commercial lunar imaging service

June 18, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The Ocula imaging service will be built into the Elytra orbital vehicle launching as part of Blue Ghost Mission 2 in 2026.

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

June 17, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The Starlink 10-18 mission will be SpaceX’s 75th Falcon 9 launch of 2025. It’s targeting liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 1:55 a.m. EDT (0555 UTC).

SpaceX launches 26 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB

June 16, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The Starlink 15-9 mission will be the 200th orbital launch from Space Launch Complex 4 East to date. SpaceX is targeting liftoff of its Falcon 9 rocket at 8:36 p.m. PDT (11:36 p.m. EDT, 0336 UTC).

Atlas 5 booster engine issue causes scrub of Monday’s Kuiper 2 launch

June 15, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The 27 Kuiper satellites will head to low Earth orbit on an Atlas 5 rocket flying in a 551 configuration, using five solid rocket boosters. ULA has not announced a new launch date following the scrub.

SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

June 13, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The Starlink 12-26 mission represents the 490th Falcon 9 rocket launch to date. SpaceX is targeting a liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 11:29 a.m. EDT (1529 UTC).

SpaceX launches 26 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB

June 12, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The Starlink 15-6 mission will add another 26 satellites into SpaceX’s low Earth orbit constellation. Liftoff occurred from pad 4E at 6:54 p.m. PDT (9:54 p.m. EDT, 0154 UTC).

SpaceX to debut its fifth and final Crew Dragon spacecraft on Axiom Mission 4

June 10, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The introduction of C213 comes years after the other four Cargo Dragon spacecraft currently in service. Ax-4 will be the third human spaceflight mission for SpaceX in 2025.

SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

June 10, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

SpaceX landed its 460th booster in the midst of the Starlink 12-24 mission. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station occurred at 9:05 a.m. EDT (1305 UTC).

Launch preview: SpaceX to launch fourth commercial Axiom mission to the space station

June 9, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The mission will the fifth flight to space for Peggy Whitson, the American with the most spaceflight experience in history. Liftoff on Wednesday, June 25 is set for 2:31 a.m. EDT (0631 UTC) from Launch Complex 39A.