Blue Origin hot fires its first previously flown booster, prepares for weekend launch
The engine test, called a static fire, saw the company ignite all seven of its BE-4 engines for less than half a minute. Local maritime and aviation hazards suggest a launch could happen as soon as Su...
Spaceflight Now | April 16, 2026
Read moreBlue Origin one step closer to launching New Glenn from Vandenberg Space Force Base
The U.S. Space Force said that it down-selected the company owned by Jeff Bezos to potentially develop a new launch site in California. ...
Spaceflight Now | April 15, 2026
Read moreWest Coast SpaceX Falcon 9 mission launches 25 Starlink satellites
Liftoff of the Starlink 17-27 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East happened at 9:29:49 p.m. PDT (12:29:49 a.m. EDT / 0429:49 UTC). ...
Spaceflight Now | April 15, 2026
Read moreSpaceX launches 1,000th Starlink satellite of 2026 on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
The Starlink 10-24 mission will add another 29 satellites to the low Earth orbit constellation. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 5:33:10 a.m. EDT (0933:10 UTC). ...
Spaceflight Now | April 14, 2026
Read moreSpace Station captures, berths Cygnus XL ’S.S. Steven R. Nagel’ cargo spacecraft
The vehicle launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Saturday, April 11, at 7:41 a.m. EDT (1141 UTC). Capture by the space station’s Canadarm2 is happened on M...
Spaceflight Now | April 13, 2026
Read moreNASA confident Artemis 2 heat shield will protect crew during re-entry
When the Artemis 2 Orion crew capsule returns to Earth after flying around the moon, it will hit the discernible atmosphere some 75 miles above the Pacific Ocean at a blistering 24,000 mph, fast enoug...
Spaceflight Now | April 10, 2026
Read moreArtemis astronauts send down Easter message, prep for lunar fly around Monday
Taking time out to send Easter greetings down to Earth, the four Artemis II astronauts closed in on the moon Sunday, already seeing unexpected detail on the surface and giving scientists a taste of th...
Spaceflight Now | April 5, 2026
Read moreULA’s Atlas 5 rocket launches its heaviest payload ever with fifth Amazon Leo mission
Liftoff from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened Saturday at 1:46 a.m. EDT (0546 UTC). ...
Spaceflight Now | April 3, 2026
Read moreArtemis 2 crew blasts off on historic moon mission
A three-man one-woman crew blasted off on a voyage to the moon Wednesday, riding atop the world's most powerful operational rocket as it roared away on a trail-blazing flight to help pave the way for ...
Spaceflight Now | April 2, 2026
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