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  • [ March 18, 2026 ] Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Falcon 9
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Mission Reports

International Space Station offers ‘blueprint’ for exploration, first crew says

November 1, 2020 Stephen Clark

Bill Shepherd, a former Navy SEAL-turned astronaut who arrived at the International Space Station 20 years ago Monday to begin the continuous occupancy of the orbiting research outpost, says the experience gained by NASA and its global partners over the last two decades provides a blueprint for missions to the moon, Mars, and beyond.

Mission Reports

NASA marks 15 years of space station occupation

November 2, 2015 William Harwood

The International Space Station’s first three-man crew moved in on Nov. 2, 2000, 15 years ago Monday, the first of 45 expeditions to date that have logged a decade and a half of continuous human presence in low-Earth orbit.

News Headlines

  • Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
    March 18, 2026
  • Space launches 29 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket on St. Patrick’s Day morning
    March 16, 2026
  • SpaceX reaches 10,000 simultaneous Starlink satellites in orbit following Falcon 9 launch from California
    March 16, 2026
  • NASA Administrator teases further Artemis program updates in one-on-one interview
    March 14, 2026
  • NASA ready for another shot at launching Artemis 2 moon mission
    March 13, 2026
  • SpaceX launches 25 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base
    March 13, 2026
  • SpaceX launches Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral on cloudy Saturday morning
    March 13, 2026
  • NASA inspector general assesses agency’s management of moon lander risk
    March 10, 2026
  • SpaceX launches direct television satellite for EchoStar
    March 9, 2026
  • NASA contract confirms selection of ULA’s Centaur 5 as new upper stage for the SLS rocket
    March 7, 2026
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