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December 17, 2025

Breaking News

[ December 17, 2025 ] Live coverage: SpaceX to fly Starlink mission using Falcon 9 booster flying for a 30th time Falcon 9
[ December 16, 2025 ] Live coverage: SpaceX preps sunrise Starlink launch from Kennedy Space Center Falcon 9
[ December 15, 2025 ] Rocket Lab Electron rocket aborts liftoff at engine ignition Electron
[ December 15, 2025 ] ULA Atlas 5 launch puts Amazon’s 180th broadband satellite in low Earth orbit Atlas 5
[ December 14, 2025 ] Falcon 9 launch of 29 Starlink satellites from the Kennedy Space Center delayed to Wednesday Falcon 9

Spy satellite launched to serve Chinese government

November 20, 2014 Stephen Clark

A Long March 2D rocket blasted off from a remote space base in northwest China on Thursday and climbed into orbit with a clandestine satellite to collect intelligence for the Chinese government.

UK team announces plan to crowd-source moon mission

November 19, 2014 Stephen Clark

Scientists hope private backers will kick-start a mission to land a robotic probe on the South Pole of the moon within the next 10 years, drill deep into lunar bedrock and analyze primordial core samples to study the origins of the solar system.

Russia’s new heavy-lifter rolled to launch pad

November 19, 2014 Stephen Clark

Several weeks ahead of a planned liftoff in late December, the biggest new Russian rocket to fly in a generation has rolled to its launch pad at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia for preflight testing.

3D printer activated aboard the International Space Station

November 18, 2014 Stephen Clark

The dream of a self-sufficient space-faring civilization moved a step closer to reality as a commercial 3D printer was installed aboard the International Space Station for a tryout in orbit.

Philae finds comet harbors organics

November 18, 2014 Stephen Clark

Europe’s Philae lander found a surface as hard as ice and organic molecules after it bounced to a stop on a comet last week.

Chinese military satellite launched by Long March rocket

November 18, 2014 Stephen Clark

China launched a Long March rocket last week with a satellite Western analysts believe will conduct all-weather global radar surveillance for the Chinese military.

MAVEN begins science mission at Mars

November 18, 2014 Stephen Clark

NASA’s newest Mars orbiter has formally started a one-year research campaign to study an ancient case of climate change that starved the red planet of water, breathable air and potential life, scientists said Monday.

New Mars lander takes shape

November 17, 2014 Spaceflight Now

The next Mars lander — a platform to drill beneath the surface of the red planet — has begun its assembly phase in preparation for launch in March 2016.

Rosetta camera sees Philae bouncing across comet

November 17, 2014 Justin Ray

These incredible images show the breathtaking journey of Rosetta’s Philae lander as it approached and then rebounded from its first touchdown on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on 12 November 2014.

Atlas/NROL-35 mission stats

November 17, 2014 Justin Ray

The NROL-35 Atlas 5 launch by the numbers.