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Falcon 9 booster 1067, making a record-breaking 35th flight, fires three of its nine Merlin 1D engines to slow its descent as it plunges through the atmosphere to make a landing on a drone ship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. 🎥 Adam Bernstein

Falcon 9 booster 1067, making a record-breaking 35th flight, fires three of its nine Merlin 1D engines to slow its descent as it plunges through the atmosphere to make a landing on a drone ship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. 🎥 Adam Bernstein

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Roughly 20 seconds after the liftoff of ULA's Vulcan rocket on the USSF-87 mission, there appeared to be a possible burn through of at least one of the solid rocket booster nozzles. We've reached out to ULA for comment. Video shot by Adam Bernstein for Spaceflight Now Watch:

Roughly 20 seconds after the liftoff of ULA's Vulcan rocket on the USSF-87 mission, there appeared to be a possible burn through of at least one of the solid rocket booster nozzles. We've reached out to ULA for comment. Video shot by Adam Bernstein for Spaceflight Now Watch:

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A spectacular shock collar enveloped the nose of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as it thundered away from Cape Canaveral Monday morning, carrying 29 Starlink satellites to orbit. 🎥 Adam Bernstein

A spectacular shock collar enveloped the nose of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as it thundered away from Cape Canaveral Monday morning, carrying 29 Starlink satellites to orbit. 🎥 Adam Bernstein

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During the Q2 2026 earnings call on Tuesday, Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said, "The redesign of the Starliner deficiencies is going quite well" and that they were working with NASA "to align on how the launches are going to be, both the crewed and uncrewed." During the EVA briefing, Bill Spetch, NASA's deputy manager of Commercial, LEO Program, was asked if a Starliner flight this year would be possible or if it will slip into 2027. Here's his response:

During the Q2 2026 earnings call on Tuesday, Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said, "The redesign of the Starliner deficiencies is going quite well" and that they were working with NASA "to align on how the launches are going to be, both the crewed and uncrewed." During the EVA briefing, Bill Spetch, NASA's deputy manager of Commercial, LEO Program, was asked if a Starliner flight this year would be possible or if it will slip into 2027. Here's his response:

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Sirens sounded at Kennedy Space Center a few minutes ago after a hurricane-spawned tornado was spotted at the Florida spaceport. Watch live views from the Cape:

Sirens sounded at Kennedy Space Center a few minutes ago after a hurricane-spawned tornado was spotted at the Florida spaceport. Watch live views from the Cape:

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A little maneuvering was required to park 15 million lbs of moon rocket and launch platform into just the right spot inside the Vehicle Assembly Building.

A little maneuvering was required to park 15 million lbs of moon rocket and launch platform into just the right spot inside the Vehicle Assembly Building.

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NASA's wet dress rehearsal countdown continues tonight as the 'Snow Moon' rises behind the Space Launch System rocket at pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. NASA will conduct a Go/No-Go poll ahead of fueling at about 10:40 a.m. EST (1540 UTC) on Monday, Feb. 2. 📹: @johnpisaniphoto

NASA's wet dress rehearsal countdown continues tonight as the 'Snow Moon' rises behind the Space Launch System rocket at pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. NASA will conduct a Go/No-Go poll ahead of fueling at about 10:40 a.m. EST (1540 UTC) on Monday, Feb. 2. 📹: @johnpisaniphoto

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The shadow from a lightning tower and NASA's SLS moon rocket create a giant sundial at launch complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center.

The shadow from a lightning tower and NASA's SLS moon rocket create a giant sundial at launch complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center.

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All 16 OneWeb satellites have deployed from SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket following launch this morning from California OneWeb now has 634 satellites in orbit as the company aims for global broadband internet coverage by the end of the year.

All 16 OneWeb satellites have deployed from SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket following launch this morning from California OneWeb now has 634 satellites in orbit as the company aims for global broadband internet coverage by the end of the year.

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China's Shenzhou 16 spacecraft has arrived in orbit after separating from its Long March 2F launcher. This launch set a new record for human spaceflight, with 17 people now in Earth orbit on three different spacecraft, surpassing the previous mark of 14.

China's Shenzhou 16 spacecraft has arrived in orbit after separating from its Long March 2F launcher. This launch set a new record for human spaceflight, with 17 people now in Earth orbit on three different spacecraft, surpassing the previous mark of 14.

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Falcon 9 has landed. This was the fourth flight for this first stage vehicle, designated B1075 in SpaceX's fleet. It was the 202nd landing of a Falcon booster overall. The rocket's upper stage has entered orbit with its payload or 47 Starlink satellites.

Falcon 9 has landed. This was the fourth flight for this first stage vehicle, designated B1075 in SpaceX's fleet. It was the 202nd landing of a Falcon booster overall. The rocket's upper stage has entered orbit with its payload or 47 Starlink satellites.

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Led by Steve Bowen, a three-time space shuttle astronaut and former Navy submarine officer, the Crew-6 astronauts have walked out of the crew quarters building at Kennedy Space Center for the ride to pad 39A for launch tonight. Watch live:

Led by Steve Bowen, a three-time space shuttle astronaut and former Navy submarine officer, the Crew-6 astronauts have walked out of the crew quarters building at Kennedy Space Center for the ride to pad 39A for launch tonight. Watch live:

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Here's our video of the explosion at Launch Complex 36. It happened about 9 pm ET (0100 UTC) as Blue Origin was beginning a static fire test of its New Glenn rocket. Watch live views:
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Here's our video of the explosion at Launch Complex 36. It happened about 9 pm ET (0100 UTC) as Blue Origin was beginning a static fire test of its New Glenn rocket. Watch live views:

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Liftoff of the debut flight for JAXA’s H3-30 rocket at 9:53:59 a.m. JST / 0053:59 UTC on June 12 (8:53:59 p.m. EDT on June 11) from the Tanegashima Space Center!
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Liftoff of the debut flight for JAXA’s H3-30 rocket at 9:53:59 a.m. JST / 0053:59 UTC on June 12 (8:53:59 p.m. EDT on June 11) from the Tanegashima Space Center!

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Adam Bernstein Michael Cain The Vulcan vehicle rolls during its wild ride to orbit in this tracking video captured south of the launch site by Max Q Productions Pete Carstens
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Adam Bernstein Michael Cain The Vulcan vehicle rolls during its wild ride to orbit in this tracking video captured south of the launch site by Max Q Productions Pete Carstens

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Today, SpaceX raised its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft vertical at pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. In the coming days, they'll perform a static fire test and a launch day rehearsal w/ the 4 members of Crew-13. Watch live pad views:
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Today, SpaceX raised its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft vertical at pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. In the coming days, they'll perform a static fire test and a launch day rehearsal w/ the 4 members of Crew-13. Watch live pad views:

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20,365 views • 11 days ago

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket suffered a rare last-second abort after engine ignition at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, as it attempted to launch 24 Starlink satellites. This comes days after a similar post-ignition abort for the company's Starship rocket.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket suffered a rare last-second abort after engine ignition at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, as it attempted to launch 24 Starlink satellites. This comes days after a similar post-ignition abort for the company's Starship rocket.

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99,322 views • 2 months ago

A room with a view: the Artemis 2 astronauts share the views from the cabin of their Orion moonship. Out of one window, the good Earth. Out of the other... a urine dump!
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A room with a view: the Artemis 2 astronauts share the views from the cabin of their Orion moonship. Out of one window, the good Earth. Out of the other... a urine dump!

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191,957 views • 6 months ago

The four members of NASA's Crew-13 mission arrived in Florida ahead of their launch, planned for Oct. 1. Jessica Watkins, Luke Delaney, Joshua Kutryk, and Sergey Teteryatnikov will spend six months living and working onboard the ISS. Read more:
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The four members of NASA's Crew-13 mission arrived in Florida ahead of their launch, planned for Oct. 1. Jessica Watkins, Luke Delaney, Joshua Kutryk, and Sergey Teteryatnikov will spend six months living and working onboard the ISS. Read more:

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Cameras on the International Space Station are capturing views of the arriving Progress M-35 cargo ship. Watch live:
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Cameras on the International Space Station are capturing views of the arriving Progress M-35 cargo ship. Watch live:

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With the first crewed flight of the NASA Artemis Program on the horizon (no earlier than April 1), we sat down with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman Jared Isaacman to talk about the future of the Artemis Program, Moon base ambitions, lunar landers, nuclear propulsion and more. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 01:17 Jared Isaacman’s experience 04:05 Artemis 2 progress 05:53 “Test as you fly” 08:18 Upper stage plans for the new Artemis 3 09:31 Blue Origin and SpaceX weighing in on Artemis 3 10:40 Addressing NASA OIG concerns with SpaceX’s Starship 12:57 Plans for the NASA workforce 16:18 New announcements, coming soon… 18:42 Understanding HLS Starship 21:27 Manual piloting Starship: Yes or No? 24:06 Blue Moon Mk.2 readiness for Artemis 3 26:12 Understanding “accelerated plans” for HLS landers 27:25 Future cooperation with China in space? 29:49 NASA’s next near-impossible undertaking
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With the first crewed flight of the NASA Artemis Program on the horizon (no earlier than April 1), we sat down with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman Jared Isaacman to talk about the future of the Artemis Program, Moon base ambitions, lunar landers, nuclear propulsion and more. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 01:17 Jared Isaacman’s experience 04:05 Artemis 2 progress 05:53 “Test as you fly” 08:18 Upper stage plans for the new Artemis 3 09:31 Blue Origin and SpaceX weighing in on Artemis 3 10:40 Addressing NASA OIG concerns with SpaceX’s Starship 12:57 Plans for the NASA workforce 16:18 New announcements, coming soon… 18:42 Understanding HLS Starship 21:27 Manual piloting Starship: Yes or No? 24:06 Blue Moon Mk.2 readiness for Artemis 3 26:12 Understanding “accelerated plans” for HLS landers 27:25 Future cooperation with China in space? 29:49 NASA’s next near-impossible undertaking

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193,796 views • 6 months ago

Artemis 2 commander Reid Wiseman presents Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen with his gold astronaut wings to commemorate his first space flight.
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Artemis 2 commander Reid Wiseman presents Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen with his gold astronaut wings to commemorate his first space flight.

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135,345 views • 6 months ago

Watch a replay of the Starlink 15-27 launch.
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Watch a replay of the Starlink 15-27 launch.

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Here's the moment last night when Mission Control in Houston informed the Artemis 2 astronauts that they were now closer to the Moon than the Earth.
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Here's the moment last night when Mission Control in Houston informed the Artemis 2 astronauts that they were now closer to the Moon than the Earth.

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116,153 views • 6 months ago

Mission Control woke the astronauts this morning with a message recorded by Apollo 8 astronaut Jim Lovell. Lovell, who was on the first crew to circle the Moon in December 1968, and commanded the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, died in August 2025.
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Mission Control woke the astronauts this morning with a message recorded by Apollo 8 astronaut Jim Lovell. Lovell, who was on the first crew to circle the Moon in December 1968, and commanded the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, died in August 2025.

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103,973 views • 6 months ago

The Progress M-35 has docked at the International Space Station, bringing about 3 tons of equipment and supplies at 9:44 a.m. EDT (1344 UTC).
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The Progress M-35 has docked at the International Space Station, bringing about 3 tons of equipment and supplies at 9:44 a.m. EDT (1344 UTC).

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15,130 views • 20 days ago

Liftoff of Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from New Zealand at 3:22 pm NZST (11:22 pm ET / 0322 UTC). This is Rocket Lab’s 12th mission for Synspective and 96th Electron launch to date. Rocket Lab live coverage:
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Liftoff of Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from New Zealand at 3:22 pm NZST (11:22 pm ET / 0322 UTC). This is Rocket Lab’s 12th mission for Synspective and 96th Electron launch to date. Rocket Lab live coverage:

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A Russian Progress cargo ship undocked from the International Space Station this morning at 11:18 a.m. EDT (1518 UTC). According to reports, the launch of the next Progress mission, originally scheduled for Wednesday, has been delayed due to a third-stage issue.
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A Russian Progress cargo ship undocked from the International Space Station this morning at 11:18 a.m. EDT (1518 UTC). According to reports, the launch of the next Progress mission, originally scheduled for Wednesday, has been delayed due to a third-stage issue.

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On Wednesday, NASA announced Artemis 2 Commander Reid Wiseman and Pilot Victor Glover transitioned to emeritus status. We spoke with Glover about this chapter in his career and the distinction between traditionally retiring from the Astronaut Office and being an emeritus.
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On Wednesday, NASA announced Artemis 2 Commander Reid Wiseman and Pilot Victor Glover transitioned to emeritus status. We spoke with Glover about this chapter in his career and the distinction between traditionally retiring from the Astronaut Office and being an emeritus.

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16,619 views • 29 days ago

Speaking during the Goldman Sachs 2026 Communacopia and Technology Conference, SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen confirmed Starship Flight 14 will be an orbital, "revenue-generating flight." He is not asked for nor does he volunteer a target date other than in the "coming days and weeks."
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Speaking during the Goldman Sachs 2026 Communacopia and Technology Conference, SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen confirmed Starship Flight 14 will be an orbital, "revenue-generating flight." He is not asked for nor does he volunteer a target date other than in the "coming days and weeks."

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15,033 views • 28 days ago

Monday morning, Blue Origin held a ground breaking ceremony on the site of their new Payload Processing Facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (Space Launch Delta 45). The 120,000-square-foot building is slated to open in early 2028 and can support 16 missions annually for a mix of national security, civil and commercial payloads.
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Monday morning, Blue Origin held a ground breaking ceremony on the site of their new Payload Processing Facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (Space Launch Delta 45). The 120,000-square-foot building is slated to open in early 2028 and can support 16 missions annually for a mix of national security, civil and commercial payloads.

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On Friday, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman Jared Isaacman along with other members of NASA leadership, U.S. Department of Energy and others, toured the Idaho National Lab to see some of the work being done towards the SR-1 Freedom, a fission-powered spacecraft launching in December 2028. In the clip below (off-camera) Space News' Jeff Foust and Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith🚀 asked Administrator Isaacman about the tour and how it informed his thinking about the mission's timeline.
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On Friday, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman Jared Isaacman along with other members of NASA leadership, U.S. Department of Energy and others, toured the Idaho National Lab to see some of the work being done towards the SR-1 Freedom, a fission-powered spacecraft launching in December 2028. In the clip below (off-camera) Space News' Jeff Foust and Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith🚀 asked Administrator Isaacman about the tour and how it informed his thinking about the mission's timeline.

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24,953 views • 2 months ago