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Blue Origin launches third New Glenn rocket, but payload ends up in wrong orbit Blue Origin launched the company's third New Glenn rocket Sunday, re-flying and successfully recovering a previously used first stage. But the rocket's payload, a direct-to-cellphone communications satellite, ended up in the wrong orbit, the company said.
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Live Coverage: Third flight of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket to feature 1st reuse of booster Blue Origin plans to launch its third New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral Sunday during a two-hour window that opens at 6:45 a.m. EDT (1045 UTC). It will carry AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite to provide direct to cell phone services from space.
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SpaceX to attempt 600th Falcon booster landing amid West Coast Starlink mission The Starlink 17-22 will see SpaceX launch 25 broadband internet satellites into low Earth orbit. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 7:33:40 a.m. PDT (10:33:40 a.m. EDT / 1433:40 UTC).
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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 Sunday, April 19.
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Blue 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.
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West 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).
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SpaceX 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).
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Live coverage: Space Station to capture, berth 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 anticipated on Monday, April 13, at about 12:50 p.m. EDT (1650 UTC).
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NASA 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 enough to fly from New York to London in less than 10 minutes.
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Artemis 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 things to come during a pass over the lunar far side Monday evening.
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ULA’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).
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Artemis 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 upcoming lunar landings and an American moon base.
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Live coverage: NASA to launch Artemis 2, its first Moon-bound mission with astronauts since 1972 The four astronauts will spend more than nine days onboard their Orion spacecraft and is poised to pass the distance record set by Apollo 13 in 1970. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39B is scheduled for Wednesday, April 1, at 6:24 p.m. EDT (2224 UTC).
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 booster to fly for record 34th time on Starlink delivery mission Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida is scheduled for the opening of the launch window at 5:15 p.m. EDT (2115 UTC).
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SpaceX launches 119 payloads on smallsat rideshare mission from California The Transporter-16 mission is the 21st mission in the company’s smallsat rideshare program. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base occurred at 4:02 a.m. PDT (7:02 a.m. EDT / 1102 UTC).
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Live coverage: Artemis 2 astronauts head to Florida ahead of April 1 launch attempt The crew is expected to land in Florida around 2:30 p.m. EDT (1830 UTC) on Friday. April 1 at 6:24 p.m. EDT (2224 UTC) is the earliest launch opportunity during a six-day window.
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Live Coverage: SpaceX to launch batch of Starlink satellites from the West Coast Liftoff of the Starlink 17-17 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, in California is scheduled during a launch window that opens at 4:03 p.m. PDT (7:03 p.m. EDT / 2303 UTC).
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NASA outlines ambitious $20 billion plan for moon base Along with plans for a moon base, senior NASA managers also outlined work to develop nuclear power systems for use on the moon and Mars to keep astronauts, habitats and other equipment warm while providing the electricity needed for research, construction and daily operations.
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SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Liftoff of the Starlink 10-62 mission from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 10:47 a.m. EDT (1447 UTC). The rocket flew on a northeasterly trajectory.
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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 25 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB The Starlink 17-30 mission will be SpaceX’s 30th mission supporting its broadband internet satellites megaconstellation so far this year. Liftoff from pad 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 2:51:49 p.m. PDT (5:51:49 p.m. EDT / 2151:49 UTC).
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NASA returns its SLS rocket back to the launch pad ahead of planned April flight of Artemis 2 The rollout of the 322-foot-tall rocket took fewer than 12 hours after first motion, which occurred at about 12:20 a.m. EDT (0420 UTC). NASA hopes to launch the crewed test flight to the Moon no earlier than April 1.
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SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral The Starlink 10-33 mission was the 35th mission so far in 2026 supporting SpaceX’s low Earth orbit constellation. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 10:20 a.m. EDT (1420 UTC).
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Space launches 29 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket on St. Patrick’s Day morning The Starlink 10-46 mission added another 29 Starlink V2 Mini satellites to the low Earth orbit constellation. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 9:27 a.m. EDT (1327 UTC).
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SpaceX reaches 10,000 simultaneous Starlink satellites in orbit following Falcon 9 launch from California The milestone came less than seven years after launching its first batch of operational Starlink satellites. Liftoff of the Starlink 17-24 mission happened on Monday, March 16, at 10:19:09 p.m. PDT (1:19:09 a.m. EDT / 0519:09 UTC on Tuesday, Mar. 17).
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NASA Administrator teases further Artemis program updates in one-on-one interview The conversation took place amid the flight readiness review for the Artemis 2 mission, which is currently set to launch no earlier than April 1, 2026, pending work being completed in the Vehicle Assembly Building.
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NASA ready for another shot at launching Artemis 2 moon mission At the conclusion of a two-day flight readiness review, "all the teams polled 'go' to launch and fly Artemis 2 around the moon, pending completion of some of the work before we roll out to the launch pad," said Lori Glaze, associate administrator of Exploration Systems Development at NASA Headquarters.
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SpaceX launches 25 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base The Starlink 17-31 mission was SpaceX’s 25th mission supporting its broadband internet satellite constellation so far in 2026. Liftoff from pad 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base happened at 7:57:59 a.m. PDT (10:57:59 a.m. EDT / 1457:59 UTC).
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Live coverage: SpaceX resets Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral for Saturday The Starlink 10-48 mission will add another 29 broadband internet satellites to the company’s constellation in low Earth orbit. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled during a window that opens at 6 a.m. EDT (1000 UTC) Saturday.
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NASA inspector general assesses agency’s management of moon lander risk NASA's Office of Inspector General said that while NASA is working to "mitigate and prevent hazards" associated with lunar landers being built by SpaceX and Blue Origin, "there are currently gaps in the agency's approach, including in its testing posture and crew survival analyses," including what might happen after a catastrophic but non-fatal event.
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SpaceX launches direct television satellite for EchoStar The launch of the EchoStar 25 satellite was SpaceX’s first launch to a geosynchronous transfer orbit so far this year. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 12:19 a.m. EDT (0419 UTC)).
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