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NASA nears end of space station solar array upgrade with Oct. 29 and Nov. 5 spacewalks
NASA is two spacewalks away from completing a major, years-long upgrade to the International Space Station that will power the orbiting lab through to its planned decommissioning in 2030.
VideoWest Coast Falcon 9 rocket launches 27 Starlink satellites
Liftoff of the Starlink 15-16 mission from Space Launch Complex 4E happened Tuesday, October 27, 2026, at 12:25 a.m. PDT (3:25 a.m. EDT / 0825 UTC).
VideoSpaceX launches Starlink 15-15 mission following a trio of scrubs
SpaceX succeeded in its fourth attempt to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Liftoff happened at 3:48 p.m. PDT (6:48 p.m. EDT / 2248 UTC) on Friday, Oct. 23.
VideoSpaceX launches NASA science and cargo to the International Space Station
The sunrise launch on Oct. 13 was the 35th SpaceX flight under the Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract with NASA.
VideoSpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 27 Starlink satellites from California
Liftoff off of the Starlink 15-25 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East came at 5:28 p.m. PDT (8:28 p.m. EDT / 0028 UTC).
Fresh crew takes off for six-month stay aboard space station
Strapped into a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, Crew 13 commander Jessica Watkins, pilot Luke Delaney, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov and Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk blasted off from pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 11:10 a.m. EDT.
VideoLaunch preview: NASA, SpaceX launch next crewed mission to the International Space Station
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, will become the first agency astronaut to fly for a second time onboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Base is scheduled for 11:10 a.m. EDT (1510 UTC).
NASA plans unpiloted Starliner test flight at end of year
If the unpiloted test flight goes well, NASA and Boeing hope to launch a piloted Starliner flight in mid 2028, officials said Monday, incorporating redesigned propulsion system valves, more robust subsystems and other modifications expected to prevent the sort of failures that occurred in 2024.
Starship returns to Earth; rocket splashes down north of Hawaii after three-hour flight
The Super Heavy first stage booster, generating some 16 million pounds of thrust — twice the power of NASA's Space Launch System moon rocket — rapidly accelerated as it consumed propellant and lost weight, climbing out of the thick lower atmosphere along a southeasterly trajectory.
VideoLaunch preview: SpaceX to launch first Starlink V3 satellites to orbit on Starship
The first planned orbital flight of a Starship-Super Heavy rocket aims to send 26 Starlink Version 3 into low Earth orbit. Liftoff from Pad 2 at Starbase, Texas, is scheduled during a 75-minute window that opens at 7:15 a.m. CDT (8:15 a.m. EDT / 1215 UTC).