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February 20, 2021

Northrop Grumman, S.S. Katherine Johnson ready for launch to Station

Northrop Grumman will kick off their 2021 launch manifest with the… Read More

February 14, 2021

SpaceX to try again to launch Starlink v1.0 L19 mission

SpaceX will attempt to launch another set of 60 satellites for their… Read More

February 3, 2021

SpaceX prepares for twin Starlink missions as 45th Space Wing’s busy year continues

SpaceX is targeting their Starlink v1.0 L18 flight, or 19th Starlink… Read More

February 1, 2021

SpaceX announces Inspiration4, all-civilian space mission in support of St Jude’s Hospital

SpaceX has added a new private Crew Dragon mission to their growing… Read More

January 19, 2021

SpaceX acquires former oil rigs to serve as floating Starship spaceports

SpaceX has acquired two former oil drilling rigs to serve as these … Read More

January 18, 2021

SpaceX launches first Starlink mission of 2021

As the second SpaceX launch of the year, and the first of many Starlink… Read More

January 17, 2021

LauncherOne to make second orbital launch attempt with NASA CubeSats

After an eight month stand down to resolve issues revealed during … Read More

January 15, 2021

Another One Leaves The Crust begins busy year for Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab started its busiest year with the dedicated launch of a … Read More

January 14, 2021

Blue Origin to test New Shepard capsule upgrades on NS-14 mission

Blue Origin has scheduled flight 14 of the New Shepard rocket for Thursday,… Read More

January 7, 2021

SpaceX to loft Turkish satellite to orbit in first global launch of the year

SpaceX will begin the global launch year with the flight of Türksat… Read More

January 6, 2021

NG-14 Cygnus departs ISS, kicks off busy year for Station crew

After a period of over three months in which the spacecraft was berthed… Read More

January 2, 2021

SpaceX sets reuse records in 2020, looks ahead to even more ambitous 2021

In their most active year to date, SpaceX reached a number of reuse … Read More

December 30, 2020

Year in Review: Mars missions, Lunar Samples, Crew launched from the US, and Starlink

Despite a worldwide pandemic which affected agencies around the … Read More

December 26, 2020

Preparing for “Earth to Earth” space travel and a competition with supersonic airliners

Commercial spaceflight companies are preparing to enter a new market:… Read More

December 22, 2020

Kennedy Space Center Expands as Launch Complex 48 Opens for Operations

After planning began in 2016 for a small, multi-user launch pad at … Read More

December 14, 2020

The Owl’s Night Begins: Japan’s StriX-α satellite ready for Rocket Lab launch

Rocket Lab is preparing for the 17th flight of their small satellite… Read More

December 12, 2020

VSS Unity aborts after engine start, safely lands with crew back at Spaceport America

Virgin Galactic was to perform their first human spaceflight of their… Read More

December 11, 2020

Astra readying Rocket 3.2 for their second orbital launch attempt

Just three months after their first try at reaching orbit fell short,… Read More