NASA is deep into planning for Artemis III, a pivotal crewed mission in low Earth orbit scheduled for next year that will serve as a critical dress rehearsal for the agency’s return to the Moon. The ...

Starship’s second stage has evolved through numerous iterations since the early test flights of SN8 and SN15. Ship 39, the first vehicle of Block 3, marks the latest update. While it does not ...

Over the last two years, SpaceX has been constructing a completely redesigned launch pad for Starship, drawing on lessons learned from the first 11 flights. The new pad alongside Block 3 of Starship ...

Rocket Lab opened 2026 by breaking every record it set in 2025. The company signed more launch contracts in three months than it flew missions in all of last year, completed the acquisition of laser ...

The week of May 11 brings nine launches across the United States and China, spanning government and commercial operators on both sides of the Pacific. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 accounts for four missions: a ...

Just over two weeks after Progress MS-34 docked to the Station, the ISS is set to receive a new visiting vehicle loaded with cargo. A SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launched the CRS-34 cargo mission to ...

Following Booster 19’s successful full-duration, full-thrust 33-engine static fire on May 7, 2026, its partner Ship 39 rolled out to join the booster and form the Flight 12 stack ahead of a Wet Dress ...

A doctor who has assisted in mass casualty events, served overseas, and has assisted both NASA and SpaceX crews with their health is now getting his chance to go to space. Dr. Anil Menon will launch ...

With Booster 15-2’s static fire out of the way and crews setting up Pad 1(A) to static fire Ship 38, the Starship program stands near the end of an era, with this being the last launch from Pad 1(A) ...

Over six months after the end of Flight 11, the old design, Pad 1, was demolished, and conversion to the newer pad design, like Pad 2, is underway. In that time, crews have made impressive progress, ...

Starship Flight 12 took another step toward launch, with Booster 19 completing an initial test campaign on the newly commissioned Pad 2 at Starbase, Texas. Culminating in a short Static Fire test, the ...

The license authorizes Skyrora to conduct up to 16 launches annually of its Skylark L suborbital rocket, with a maximum of two per month and one every 24 hours, subject to additional approvals such as ...