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November 17, 2025

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[ November 17, 2025 ] SpaceX launches joint NASA-European sea level monitor Falcon 9
[ November 17, 2025 ] SpaceX Falcon 9 to launch international satellite to keep watch on rising sea levels Falcon 9
[ 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

Russia’s Angara 5 rocket launched on successful maiden flight

December 23, 2014 Stephen Clark

A new Russian rocket designed as a successor to the workhorse Proton booster lifted off Tuesday on a maiden test flight that could signify Russia’s shift away from launching satellites at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Scientific riches await Philae comet lander, if it wakes up

December 23, 2014 Stephen Clark

Optimistic Europe’s hibernating Philae comet lander can be revived, mission controllers plan to try and contact the spacecraft as soon as January as the search narrows for the probe’s final resting place — a site within arm’s reach of pristine ice and organic matter ripe for analysis if the mission gets a new lease on life.

Video: Orion launch replays

December 23, 2014 Justin Ray

Multiple different camera angles of the Delta 4-Heavy rocket blasting off with NASA’s Orion capsule for Exploration Flight Test No. 1 on Dec. 5

Photos: Navy satellite shrouded for launch

December 23, 2014 Justin Ray

The sophisticated U.S. Navy mobile communications satellite to launch Jan. 20 has been wrapped up in the Atlas 5 rocket’s nose cone for the holidays

Ratchet wrench ’emailed’ to space station

December 22, 2014 Stephen Clark

A future where mission control can digitally dispatch tools, spare parts and other vital materials to far-flung space crews took one giant leap toward reality when a 3D printer aboard the International Space Station produced a ratchet wrench on demand.

Russia set for debut launch of Angara 5 rocket

December 22, 2014 Stephen Clark

Russia’s powerful new Angara 5 rocket — made of a cluster of five kerosene-fueled main engines — is being prepared for a maiden test flight as soon as Tuesday that could usher in a new era in the Russian space program, according to Russian news reports.

Woerner tapped as next ESA director general

December 21, 2014 Stephen Clark

Johann-Dietrich Woerner, head of the German Aerospace Center, will take over as director general of the European Space Agency on July 1. Woerner will take the helm from Jean-Jacques Dordain, who has held the top post at ESA since 2003.

Planet-hunting telescope to launch on Falcon 9 rocket

December 21, 2014 Stephen Clark

NASA’s decision to launch a satellite to search for planets around other stars on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in 2017 will allow officials to cancel plans to order a solid-fueled kick motor to send the telescope into a unique high-altitude orbit, the mission’s top scientist said.

Video: Orion flight preps

December 21, 2014 Justin Ray

This video recaps the Orion spacecraft and its Delta 4-Heavy rocket preparations for launch on the Exploration Flight Test No. 1.

Photos: Soyuz soars skyward from French Guiana

December 20, 2014 Stephen Clark

Flying for the 10th time from a tropical launch facility along the South American coastline, a Russian Soyuz rocket lifted off Dec. 18 and streaked through partly sunny skies with four satellites to extend the reach of the O3b Networks, a company founded to bring broadband to the world’s most remote and impoverished countries.