Mission Reports

Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 21 data transport satellites for the Space Development Agency

A row of Northrop Grumman’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites are shown in a warehouse prior to launch on the T1TL-A mission. Image: Northrop Grumman SpaceX will launch a new batch of data satellites to low Earth orbit on behalf of the United States Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) early Monday morning. The mission, …

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Fresh crew takes off for six-month stay aboard space station

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 on Oct. 1, 2026. Image: John Pisani/Spaceflight Now A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off on a flight to the International Space Station Thursday carrying two NASA astronauts, a cosmonaut and a …

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Live coverage: AI datacenter prototypes, energy redirection demonstrators and more launching on SpaceX’s Transporter-18

A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready for launch from Vandenberg in this file photo. Image: SpaceX. An artificial intelligence prototype from Google, a methane-tracker, pharmaceutical manufacturing labs, and more are hitching a ride onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flying from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Thursday afternoon. The Transporter-18 mission is SpaceX second launch …

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Live coverage: NASA, SpaceX to launch next crewed mission to the International Space Station

SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, named Grace, sits atop a Falcon 9 rocket at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. It will launch NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now SpaceX and NASA are preparing to send the next crew of four to the International Space Station …

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Starship returns to Earth; rocket splashes down north of Hawaii after three-hour flight

SpaceX’s Starship-Super Heavy rocket lifts off from Pad 2 at Starbase, Texas, to begin the Starship Flight 14 mission. Image: SpaceX With thirteen suborbital test flights behind them, SpaceX engineers launched the company’s Super Heavy-Starship on its first flight to orbit Monday, a major step toward perfecting the world’s most powerful rocket for commercial flights …

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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch first Starlink V3 satellites to orbit on Starship

SpaceX’s Starship-Super Heavy rocket stands at Pad 2 at Starbase prior to the Starship Flight 14 mission. Image: SpaceX SpaceX is poised to send its Starship-Super Heavy rocket to orbit for the first time in program history on Monday, Sept. 28. If all goes well during the launch countdown, the 124-meter-tall (407 ft) rocket will …

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Next crew bound for the space station arrive in Florida

The four members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission arrived onboard T-38 jets at the Kennedy Space Center on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. Left to right: Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk, Roscomos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov, NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, and NASA astronaut Luke Delaney. Image: John Pisani/Spaceflight Now The next quartet heading to the International …

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SpaceX stack Starship and Super Heavy for first orbital flight

SpaceX’s Starship-Super Heavy rocket stacked at Pad 2 at Starbase, Texas, ahead of the Starship Flight 14 mission. Image: SpaceX via video SpaceX assembled a Starship-Super Heavy rocket on the launch pad at Starbase in south Texas early Wednesday as it awaited approval for the vehicle’s first orbital flight. Liftoff of Starship Flight 14 could …

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SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster arrives at pad ahead of first orbital Starship launch

SpaceX rolled its Super Heavy booster, tail number B21, out to Pad 2 late Sunday night, Sept. 20, in preparation for the launch of Starship Flight 14 no earlier than Sept. 28. Image: SpaceX SpaceX placed a Super Heavy booster on the launch pad at Starbase in Texas Monday, as it continues testing and preparations …

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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 27 Starlink V2 Mini satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg

File: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base ahead of the Starlink 17-31 mission on March 13, 2026. Image: SpaceX An early-evening Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base Saturday will add another 27 satellites to SpaceX’s Starlink constellation. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket …

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