ArticleSpaceX is pushing back the first launch of the latest version of Starship even as NASA is asking it to accelerate work on a lunar lander version of the vehic...
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Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

ArticleSpaceX is pushing back the first launch of the latest version of Starship even as NASA is asking it to accelerate work on a lunar lander version of the vehic...
ArticleMedia accreditation is open for the next launch to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. A Northro...
ArticleNew research reveals that when NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft intentionally impacted the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in September 2...
ArticleThe Starlink 17-18 mission will add 25 more satellites to SpaceX’s low Earth orbit megaconstellation. Liftoff from pad 4E is scheduled during a launch window...
ArticleCommercial space station developer Vast has raised $500 million in its first significant outside investment round. The post Vast raises $500 million for com...
ArticleESA astronaut Sophie Adenot began her training at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, where she studied spacecraft systems and crew operations...
ArticleFrom the ESA Blogs.
ArticleRivers rise and fall throughout the year, but by how much? Perhaps less than previously thought, according to new data from the SWOT mission. Hidden riverbed...
ArticleProgress on the path to Flight 12 continues to be focused on testing at Massey’s… The post Starship Flight 12: Ship 39 moving through preflight test objecti...
ArticleThe Starlink 10-40 mission includes the 600th Starlink satellite launched so far in 2026. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is schedu...
ArticleFive missions are expected to launch this week, with Falcon 9 scheduled to launch four… The post Launch Preview: Japan to launch Kairos as Falcon 9 launches...
ArticleThe Starlink 10-41 mission will see the Falcon 9 rocket head out on a north-easterly trajectory upon leaving pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Li...
ArticleNew York (AFP) Feb 25, 2026 The astronaut who faced a health issue prompting the first-ever medical evacuation in International Space Station history i...
ArticleLiftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East is scheduled for 1:55:50 a.m. PST (4:55:50 a.m. EST / 0955:50 UTC). The rocket will take southerly trajectory on dep...
ArticleAfter spending a few months in Mega Bay 2 fully stacked, Ship 39 – the… The post Flight 12: Ship 39 rolls out to Masseys to begin testing appeared first on...
ArticleOn 26 February, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot conducted her first in-flight call with selected French media.
Article"As the original architect of Vector’s vision, it’s deeply meaningful to bring these assets home."
ArticleLiftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida with 29 Starlink satellites is scheduled for 5:20:50 a.m. EST (1020:50 UTC).
ArticleWith NASA awarding back-to-back Private Astronaut Missions to aerospace companies Vast Space and Axiom Space… The post Vast and Axiom awarded new private mi...
ArticleNASA astronaut Mike Fincke said he was the crew member whose medical issue prompted the early return of the Crew-11 mission from the International Space Stat...
ArticleThe Starlink 17-26 mission will also be the 540th launch of a previously flown Falcon booster. Liftoff from pad 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base is sche...
ArticleThe Starlink 6-110 mission will be the 18th flight this years supporting SpaceX’s broadband internet constellation. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Spa...
ArticleLambdaVision, a company that has used microgravity experiments on the International Space Station to develop an artificial retina, has booked space on a plan...
ArticleNew York (SDX) Feb 23, 2026 A plume of lithium pollution detected in the upper atmosphere in February 2025 has now been directly linked to the uncontrol...
ArticleParis, France (AFP) Feb 19, 2026 When part of a SpaceX rocket re-entered Earth's atmosphere exactly a year ago, it created a spectacular fireball that...
ArticleSeven missions are on this week’s launch manifest, with SpaceX’s Falcon 9 dominating the schedule.… The post Launch Preview: Falcon 9 to launch five Starlin...
ArticleNASA and its international partners will receive scientific research samples and hardware when a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft departs the International Space Sta...
ArticleSAN FRANCISCO – Momentus’ Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle is at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California ahead of a 10-month mission to demonstrate rendezv...
ArticleThe Starlink 6-104 mission will add another 28 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites into low Earth orbit. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force...
ArticleSpaceX is counting down to the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 25 Starlink satellites from California, after days of delay. Liftoff from Space Launch Co...
ArticleThe Starlink 10-34 mission will be SpaceX’s 20th Falcon 9 launch of the year so far. Liftoff from pad 40 is set for 8:41:40 p.m. EST (0141:40).
ArticleFrom the ESA Blogs.
ArticleSpaceX conducted a successful full test of the water-cooled top deck on the Orbital Launch… The post Starbase Pad 2 prepares to receive Booster 19 ahead of...
ArticleAfter a brief grounding earlier this month following the Starlink Group 17-32 second stage deorbit… The post Launch Preview: Firefly to launch Alpha, SpaceX...
ArticleWashington, United States (AFP) Feb 14, 2026 Four astronauts docked at the International Space Station on Saturday for a months-long research mission, re...
ArticleParis, France (AFP) Feb 13, 2026 When she was growing up, Sophie Adenot plastered her childhood bedroom with posters of rockets launching from Cape Can...