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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

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

June 7, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The mission, dubbed Starlink 15-8, was SpaceX’s 70th Falcon 9 launch of the year. Lifted off from pad 4 East at 7:20 a.m. PDT (10:20 a.m. EDT, 1420 UTC).

Further delays of Starliner’s next flight mark anniversary of its first crewed Space Station docking

June 7, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

NASA said the next launch of the Boeing crew vehicle is now targeting no earlier than early 2026. However, that hinges on testing campaign set to take place at the White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico.

SpaceX launches SXM-10 satellite for SiriusXM on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

June 6, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The SXM-10 satellite launch comes six months after the SXM-9 satellite was launched from Florida. SpaceX is targeting liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Saturday, June 7 at 12:54 a.m. EDT (0454 UTC).

ispace’s Resilience lander crash lands on the Moon

June 6, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

This was the second consecutive failed landing for the Japan-based company. A preliminary analysis points to issues with the laser altimeter.

As it happened: ispace makes second attempt at historic Moon landing

June 5, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

Mission 2, formally dubbed ‘SMBC x Hakuto-R Venture Moon,’ was a follow up to ispace’s 2023 failed landing attempt. Touchdown was anticipated on June 5 at 3:17 p.m. EDT / 1917 UTC (4:17 a.m. JST on June 6).

SpaceX launches 500th orbital Falcon rocket on 15th anniversary of the Falcon 9

June 4, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The Starlink 11-22 mission was SpaceX’s 50th Starlink launch of the year. Liftoff from pad 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base occurred at 4:40 p.m. PDT (7:40 p.m. EDT, 2340 UTC).

Rocket Lab launches BlackSky’s next Gen-3 satellite on Electron rocket from New Zealand

June 2, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The mission will be Rocket Lab’s seventh Electron rocket launch of the year and its second in 2025 in support of BlackSky. Teams are targeting liftoff from Mahia, New Zealand at 11:57 a.m. NZT on June 3 (7:57 p.m. EDT, 2357 UTC on June 2).

SpaceX launches midnight hour Starlink mission from Florida

June 2, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The mission comes after a Monday morning launch attempt was scrubbed. SpaceX is targeting liftoff from pad 40 at 12:43 a.m. EDT (0443 UTC) on June 3.

SpaceX scrubs Monday morning launch of 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

June 1, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The mission opportunity came as solar activity triggered an alert from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for a severe geomagnetic storm alert, which could impact the Starlink satellites. The launch teams are now targeting Tuesday, June 3 at 12:29 a.m. EDT (0429 UTC).

President Trump withdraws Isaacman nomination for NASA Administrator days before confirmation vote

May 31, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

Jared Isaacman, an entrepreneur who flew to space twice as a commercial astronaut, was nominated for the position in early December and was voted favorably out of committee in late April. A replacement hasn’t been named.