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February 28, 2026

Breaking News

[ February 27, 2026 ] NASA announces major overhaul of Artemis moon program: “We’ve got to get back to basics” Artemis
[ February 27, 2026 ] SpaceX Falcon 9 launches from Cape Canaveral with 29 Starlink satellites Falcon 9
[ February 25, 2026 ] SLS rocket hauled back to VAB for repairs Artemis
[ February 25, 2026 ] SpaceX launches 500th Starlink satellite in 2026 during Wednesday Falcon 9 flight Falcon 9
[ February 24, 2026 ] SpaceX’s Tuesday twilight Falcon 9 rocket launch sends 29 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit Falcon 9

Return of SpaceX’s Dragon cargo craft delayed

October 21, 2014 Stephen Clark

Rough seas in the Pacific Ocean will keep SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule in space a few days longer than planned, with the unpiloted supply ship’s return to Earth now set for Saturday hauling a load of research specimens from the International Space Station back to the ground.

Proton rocket blasts off with Russian telecom satellite

October 21, 2014 Stephen Clark

Russia’s Express AM6 communications satellite lifted off aboard a Proton rocket Tuesday and reached its targeted geostationary transfer orbit after a nine-hour climb thousands of miles above Earth.

Mars spacecraft safe after fortuitous comet encounter

October 20, 2014 Stephen Clark

A fleet of robotic spacecraft orbiting Mars got a front row seat to space history and lived to tell about it, giving scientists their first close-up look at a comet fresh from a cloud of primordial mini-worlds at the outer reaches of the solar system.

China puts government surveillance satellite in orbit

October 20, 2014 Stephen Clark

China sent a reconnaissance satellite into orbit from the Taiyuan space center, expanding the country’s network of intelligence-gathering spacecraft.

Orbital selects future Antares engine, but withholds details

October 19, 2014 Stephen Clark

Orbital Sciences Corp. has selected a new first stage propulsion system for its Antares rocket that will offer improved performance for launches beginning in 2017, the company’s chief executive said.

Last-ditch search finds fresh targets for New Horizons

October 19, 2014 Stephen Clark

Scientists using the powerful Hubble Space Telescopes have identified three tiny objects at the frontier of the solar system that NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft could visit after making an historic flyby of Pluto next summer.

Comet’s flyby of Mars a boon for scientists

October 19, 2014 William Harwood

The red planet’s brush with Comet Siding Spring was a close encounter of the best kind for science, a once-in-a-lifetime chance to study a pristine remnant of the solar system’s birth 4.6 billion years ago as it makes its first and possibly last visit to the warmth of the inner solar system.

U.S. military’s X-37B space plane lands in California

October 17, 2014 Stephen Clark

The U.S. Air Force’s X-37B space plane concluded its third mission, streaking through the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean and gliding to an automated landing on a runway at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., after spending a record 675 days in orbit.

Two satellites for Latin America launched by Ariane 5

October 16, 2014 Stephen Clark

An Ariane 5 launcher fired into space from French Guiana, hauling two commercial satellites destined to broadcast television to Latin America for Intelsat, DirecTV and Argentina’s national telecom company.

Ariane 5 rocket to boost satellites for Latin America

October 16, 2014 Stephen Clark

Two telecommunications satellite for Latin America are counting down to liftoff aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana.