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August 8, 2026

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[ August 8, 2026 ] Live Coverage: SpaceX West Coast launch surge continues with Starlink mission Falcon 9
[ August 6, 2026 ] Blue Origin identifies engine issue behind New Glenn explosion New Glenn
[ August 6, 2026 ] NASA, Northrop Grumman repurpose Gateway elements for Moon Base demo missions Artemis
[ August 5, 2026 ] SpaceX launches 3 AST SpaceMobile BlueBird satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Falcon 9
[ August 4, 2026 ] SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB Falcon 9

Republican-backed reconciliation bill passes, includes funding for ISS, Artemis programs, Space Shuttle relocation

July 5, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

This bill, H.R. 1, is separate from the Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations bills. Those include the FY26 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) bill, which will be marked up by the House Appropriations Committee at a later time.

ULA begins stacking its 1st Vulcan rocket supporting a national security mission

July 3, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

This is the second time the rocket is being prepared for launch following a months long delay in certifying the launch vehicle. ULA hasn’t announced a specific launch date, but it’s expected sometime this summer.

SpaceX launches its 500th Falcon 9 rocket

July 1, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The Starlink 10-25 mission will also set a new reuse milestone for the first stage booster, which is flying for a record-setting 29th time. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 2:28 a.m. EDT (0628 UTC).

EUMETSAT, ESA launches combo MTG-S1, Sentinel-4 satellite on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

July 1, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The dual mission satellite will help better monitor both weather patterns as well as air quality over Europe and North Africa. SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, July 1, at 5:04 p.m. EDT (2104 UTC).

SpaceX completes 60th Starlink flight of 2025

June 28, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

SpaceX will attempt to land its 470th Falcon booster during the Starlink 15-7 mission. It’s targeting liftoff from pad 4E at 10:13 a.m. PDT (1:13 p.m. EDT, 1713 UTC) on Saturday, June 28.

SpaceX breaks launchpad turnaround record with midnight Starlink flight

June 27, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The Starlink 10-34 mission was SpaceX’s 80th Falcon 9 launch of the year. Liftoff from pad 40 occurred at 12:26 a.m. EDT (0426 UTC).

SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

June 25, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The mission comes as SpaceX continues to ferry four astronauts to the International Space Station on Axiom Mission 4, which launched in the predawn hours. Liftoff occurred from pad 40 at 3:54 p.m. EDT (1954 UTC).

Commercial crew blasts off on privately-funded space station research mission

June 25, 2025 William Harwood

Strapped into a new SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule making its maiden flight, Whitson, test pilot Shubhanshu Shukla of India, European Space Agency astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski of Poland, and Hungarian engineer Tibor Kapu roared away from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 2:31 a.m. EDT.

ULA launches Kuiper 2 mission on Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral

June 22, 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 launched its rocket at 6:54 a.m. EDT (1054 UTC) on Monday, June 23.

SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket on Transporter-14 smallsat rideshare mission

June 22, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The mission carried 70 payloads to low Earth orbit, including three orbital transfer vehicles and re-entry capsules. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base happened on Monday, June 23, at 2:25 p.m. PDT (5:25 p.m. EDT, 2125 UTC).