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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 4 launches of STS-6 and 83

April 4, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD…The first launch of Challenger in 1983 and Columbia’s shortened Spacelab mission in 1997

Photos: Delta 4 awaits blastoff

March 24, 2015 Justin Ray

The United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket sits peacefully inside its mobile service gantry on Tuesday afternoon, one day before its scheduled launch of the GPS 2F-9 navigation satellite.

OTD…March 24 and STS-45

March 24, 2015 Justin Ray

Studying the atmosphere as part of NASA’s Mission to Planet Earth was the objective of shuttle Atlantis’ STS-45 mission in March 1992.

Live coverage: Delta 4 rocket poised for launch Wednesday

March 24, 2015 Justin Ray

A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket is scheduled for liftoff Wednesday at 2:36 p.m. EDT (1836 GMT) from Cape Canaveral to place into orbit a fresh satellite for the Global Positioning System.

Stats: Atlas 5 history and backlog

March 19, 2015 Justin Ray

Here’s a look by the numbers of the previous Atlas 5 flight history and the current backlog and manifest for the rocket.

Stats: Delta 4 history and manifest

March 18, 2015 Justin Ray

Here’s a look by the numbers of the previous Delta 4 flight history and the remaining flights of the rocket named Delta.

On This Date…March 15 and STS-119

March 15, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD in 2009, shuttle Discovery delivers power payload to space station.