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September 20, 2026

Breaking News

[ 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
[ September 15, 2026 ] Avio launches pair of climate monitoring European spacecraft to study plants, oceans and atmospheric changes News
[ September 13, 2026 ] SpaceX launches 700th Falcon rocket, carries final 3 O3b mPOWER satellites to orbit for SES Falcon 9

OTD…April 25 and the Hubble deploy

April 25, 2015 Justin Ray

25 years ago this afternoon, Hubble was deployed from shuttle Discovery

OTD…April 24 and the birth of Hubble

April 23, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD…Launch of Discovery in 1990 with the Hubble Space Telescope, our window on the universe!

OTD…April 19 and STS-100

April 19, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD…Launch of Endeavour in 2001 to deliver Canadarm2 to the space station

ULA sees clean handover of Boeing crew launches to Vulcan rocket

April 18, 2015 Justin Ray

United Launch Alliance vows a “seamless” switch from the Atlas 5 to the new Vulcan rocket in launches of Boeing’s astronaut taxis.

OTD…April 12 and STS-1 and 51D

April 12, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD…America’s first shuttle launch in 1981 and another in 1985

OTD…April 9 and STS-59

April 9, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD…Launch of a 1994 Space Radar Lab mission on Endeavour

ULA working to reduce five launch pads to two

April 9, 2015 Justin Ray

The nation’s existing Atlas and Delta launch sites are vying for a future when United Launch Alliance completes its modernization with a new rocket system and downsizing to one pad on each coast.

OTD…April 8 launches of STS-56 and 110

April 8, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD…Launch of a 1993 environmental mission on Discovery and Atlantis’ ISS flight in 2002

OTD…April 6 and STS-41C

April 6, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD…Launch of the first shuttle mission to service a satellite in space in 1984

OTD…April 5 launches of STS-37 and 131

April 5, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD…Gamma Ray Observatory launched in 1991 on Atlantis and Discovery’s 2010 ISS flight