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  • [ October 18, 2025 ] Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Falcon 9
  • [ October 18, 2025 ] SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket on record-breaking 31st flight Falcon 9
  • [ October 17, 2025 ] Orion spacecraft arrives at VAB ahead of stacking for Artemis 2 Mission Reports
  • [ October 15, 2025 ] SpaceX sends 28 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit in predawn launch Falcon 9
  • [ October 14, 2025 ] SpaceX launches 2nd batch of satellites for Space Development Agency following weather scrub Falcon 9

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Mission Reports

NASA blames recent Hubble woes on aging hardware

March 31, 2021 Stephen Clark

Hardware problems that cropped up earlier this month on the Hubble Space Telescope, now approaching the 31st anniversary of its launch, are the latest signs the observatory is showing its age.

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WFIRST astronomy mission faces cuts to contain rising costs

November 3, 2017 Stephen Clark

NASA has directed the team developing the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope, a flagship astronomy mission set for launch in the mid-2020s to study dark energy and exoplanets, to reduce the observatory’s scientific capabilities and keep it under a $3.2 billion cost cap.

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Detector trouble expected to delay ESA’s Euclid dark energy mission

October 23, 2017 Stephen Clark

Technical problems discovered during ground testing of U.S.-built detectors for the European Space Agency’s Euclid astronomy mission will delay the completion of the telescope’s scientific payload, jeopardizing the observatory’s 2020 launch target, the head of NASA’s astrophysics division said last week.

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NASA might privatize one of its great observatories

July 22, 2017 Stephen Clark

Management of NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope could be turned over to an academic institution or private operator in 2019 once the space agency’s funding for the observatory runs out, a senior NASA manager said this week.

News Headlines

  • Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg
    October 18, 2025
  • SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket on record-breaking 31st flight
    October 18, 2025
  • Orion spacecraft arrives at VAB ahead of stacking for Artemis 2
    October 17, 2025
  • SpaceX sends 28 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit in predawn launch
    October 15, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 2nd batch of satellites for Space Development Agency following weather scrub
    October 14, 2025
  • Rocket Lab launches 7th StriX Earth observation satellites for Japan-based Synspective
    October 14, 2025
  • SpaceX launches final Version 2 Starship-Super Heavy rocket
    October 14, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 24 Amazon Kuiper satellites following days of weather delays
    October 13, 2025
  • Launch preview: SpaceX to launch final Version 2 Starship-Super Heavy from Starbase
    October 12, 2025
  • U.S. Space Force picks Blue Origin bid for expanding satellite processing at Cape Canaveral
    October 9, 2025
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