MERLIN – Spaceflight Now

March 15, 2026

Breaking News

[ March 14, 2026 ] NASA Administrator teases further Artemis program updates in one-on-one interview Artemis
[ March 13, 2026 ] NASA ready for another shot at launching Artemis 2 moon mission Artemis
[ March 13, 2026 ] SpaceX launches 25 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base Falcon 9
[ March 13, 2026 ] SpaceX launches Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral on cloudy Saturday morning Falcon 9
[ March 10, 2026 ] NASA inspector general assesses agency’s management of moon lander risk Artemis

NASA, U.S. military reviewing SpaceX engine malfunction

March 25, 2020 Stephen Clark

NASA and U.S. military officials are reviewing a malfunction that triggered a premature engine shutdown during a flight of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket earlier this month, a cautionary step before upcoming launches with a GPS navigation satellite and astronauts on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft.

Diverse destinations considered for new interplanetary probe

April 6, 2015 Stephen Clark

Science teams from across the United States have submitted 28 proposals for missions to explore the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, touch the asteroid-like satellites orbiting Mars, visit unseen worlds and hunt for objects that could strike Earth one day.