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September 24, 2026

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[ September 23, 2026 ] SpaceX stack Starship and Super Heavy for first orbital flight Mission Reports
[ September 21, 2026 ] SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster arrives at pad ahead of first orbital Starship launch Mission Reports
[ September 19, 2026 ] Russian Progress cargo ship arrives at International Space Station News
[ September 19, 2026 ] SpaceX launches 27 Starlink V2 Mini satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Falcon 9
[ September 15, 2026 ] SpaceX launches national security payload for U.S. Space Force from Vandenberg Falcon 9

Ariane 5 go for launch with all-American payload

August 23, 2016 Stephen Clark

Launch managers in French Guiana on Monday approved plans to loft two U.S.-built communications for Intelsat aboard an Ariane 5 rocket Wednesday.

NASA ‘hears’ from lost spacecraft after nearly two years

August 23, 2016 William Harwood

NASA re-established contact with a wayward sun-watching science satellite Sunday nearly two years after the spacecraft suddenly dropped off line during a test, the agency said in a statement Monday.

Sophisticated new U.S. weather observatory being readied for launch

August 22, 2016 Justin Ray

On the cusp of advancing U.S. weather forecasting, a powerful new satellite was shipped from its Denver factory to the Cape today in preparation for launch in November.

Space station crew could be cut to five

August 21, 2016 Stephen Clark

Russia may start sending just two of its cosmonauts to the International Space Station at a time, according to media reports and comments by a NASA manager, in a cost-cutting measure that could reduce the size of the research lab’s crew to five.

Video: Preview of the OSIRIS-REx mission to sample an asteroid

August 21, 2016 Justin Ray

Watch the pre-flight news conference that introduces NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket on Sept. 8. It will capture a sample of Asteroid Bennu for return to Earth.

SpaceX puts historic flown rocket on permanent display

August 20, 2016 Stephen Clark

Crews outside the SpaceX’s headquarters in California on Saturday positioned the booster that stuck the first Falcon 9 rocket landing for vertical display, and now the launcher is an unmistakable Space Age trophy visible to passersby on nearby streets and freeways.

Ariane 5 go for launch with all-American payload

NASA ‘hears’ from lost spacecraft after nearly two years

Sophisticated new U.S. weather observatory being readied for launch

Space station crew could be cut to five

Video: Preview of the OSIRIS-REx mission to sample an asteroid

SpaceX puts historic flown rocket on permanent display

Another Falcon 9 rocket returns to perch in Port Canaveral

Ariane 5 receives payloads for launch next week

Spacewalkers attach docking adapter to space station for commercial vehicles

Photos: More Launch shots of Delta 375 rocket