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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base to begin the Starlink 11-19 mission on Oct. 19, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update Oct. 19, 5 p.m. EDT (2100 UTC): SpaceX deployed the 28 Starlink satellites. SpaceX launched its 50th Falcon 9 rocket of the year from…
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NASA’s next Moonship reaches last stop before launch pad
The Orion spacecraft, which will fly four people around the Moon, arrived inside the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida late Thursday night, ready to be stacked on top of its rocket for launch early next year. The late-night transfer covered about 6 miles (10 kilometers) from one facility to…
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The search for aliens is right under our noses… it’s us
A NASA concept for a base on the Moon. Image: NASA These habitats are humanity in disguise: domes of regolith, inflatables, and modules that let us breathe, eat, and dream in places that would otherwise kill us in seconds. Daily life as heavenly wanderers From the outside, our technology looks like armor. From the inside,…
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SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket on record-breaking 31st flight
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin the Starlink 10-17 mission. This was the record-breaking 31st flight of Falcon 9 booster, 1067. Image: Adam Bernstein / Spaceflight Now SpaceX broke another reuse record on Sunday when it launched a Falcon 9 booster…
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Rocket Report: China launches with no advance warning; Europe’s drone ship
Welcome to Edition 8.15 of the Rocket Report! This year has been, at best, one of mixed results for SpaceX’s Starship program. There have been important steps forward, including the successful reuse of the rocket’s massive Super Heavy booster. Clearly, SpaceX is getting really good at launching and recovering the 33-engine booster stage. But Starship…
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Rocket Report: China launches with no advance warning; Europe’s drone ship
Welcome to Edition 8.15 of the Rocket Report! This year has been, at best, one of mixed results for SpaceX’s Starship program. There have been important steps forward, including the successful reuse of the rocket’s massive Super Heavy booster. Clearly, SpaceX is getting really good at launching and recovering the 33-engine booster stage. But Starship…
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Orion spacecraft arrives at VAB ahead of stacking for Artemis 2
NASA’s Orion spacecraft, named ‘Integrity’ by her crew, rolled about seven miles from the Launch Abort System Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 16, 2025. The spacecraft will be the first crewed vehicle to travel to the Moon since Apollo 17, when it launches on the Artemis 2…
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HyImpulse Secures Further Funding Ahead of Key 2026 Launches
HyImpulse, one of Europe’s up and coming launch companies, has raised a further 45 million ($52.5 million) in funding, as it targets starting commercial launches as early as next year. The German startup will use the new capital to drive forward the development and commercialization of its SL1 orbital rocket and expand its production capacities.…
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ESPI Report Calls for Europe to Close Innovation Gap in Space Capabilities
Europe needs to adopt faster procurement mechanisms, invest more in emerging technologies, and have closer collaboration with non-space sectors to close an innovation gap with the global space sector, the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) argues in a new report released this week. The report assesses the industrial landscape for Europe’s space industry, with recommendations…
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Open Cosmos to Build Spanish Component of Atlantic Constellation
Open Cosmos will lead the Spanish component of the Atlantic Constellation, an Earth Observation initiative from Portugal and Spain. The Spanish Space Agency (AEE) and the European Space Agency (ESA) selected Open Cosmos, the company announced Oct. 16. Open Cosmos is headquartered in the U.K. and has offices in Spain, Portugal, and Greece. The company…