With the arrival of a new Raptor engine at their Boca Chica launch facility, SpaceX is gearing up for a second round of testing with the Starhopper vehicle in South Texas. The latest test campaign is slated to begin in mid-June and is expected to include the first untethered hop of Starhopper. Meanwhile, on the Florida side, SpaceX continues to make progress with their plans to utilize Pad 39A for the Starship program.
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In the second quarter of 2025, SpaceX continued its record launch cadence with the Falcon…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX completes east coast doubleheader, Russia to resupply ISS
by Tyler GrayWith the month of June coming to a close and July on the horizon, the…
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SpaceX’s Starship rocket is rapidly advancing through the much-needed paperwork to bring the massive rocket…
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Butch and Suni weren’t the only ones: the stories of astronauts “stranded” in space
After a planned eight day mission to the ISS that launched in June 2024, Butch…
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SpaceX has launched its 250th mission from SLC-40 in Florida this week. The company had…
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SpaceX is busy creating launch and production capacity for the future of its Starship program,…
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SpaceX kicked off 2025 by continuing its record-breaking pace of Falcon 9 launches while also…
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SpaceX launches Fram2 crewed mission to historic polar orbit
SpaceX launched its next private human spaceflight mission, Fram2, from Florida on Monday evening. The…
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NASA and SpaceX successfully launched the next ISS crew-rotation mission, Crew-10. The 10th operational crewed…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX, Rocket Lab, and Firefly set to launch amid busy launch manifest
by John SharpThis week, a busy launch manifest saw SpaceX launch the Crew-10 and two Starlink missions…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX returns to launching Starlink following Starship launch
by John SharpWith the dust settling following the launches of Blue Origin’s New Glenn and SpaceX’s Starship…
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Launch Roundup: New Glenn and Starship headline a week dominated by SpaceX missions
by John SharpSpaceX dominated this week’s launch manifest with two Falcon 9 missions and the seventh flight…
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Launch Roundup: New Glenn scrubs, SpaceX launches national reconnaissance mission
The first full week of 2025 – and the first part of next week –…
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SpaceX is gearing up for another record-breaking year in 2025 after surpassing all previous record-breaking…
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International Space Station finishes challenging year as plans are made for its retirement
The International Space Station continues to act as humanity’s outpost in low-Earth orbit, a role…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX, China, and Russia maintain busy launch manifests through the holidays
by John SharpAt the start of this week, Monday, Dec. 23, there had been 24 launch attempts…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX plans for five customer missions; Rocket Lab launch mission for Synspective
The orbital launch manifest for the week of Dec. 16 through Dec. 22 has been…
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The long-awaited Starship ramp-up in Florida has begun, with work increasing at Pad 39A on…
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Launch Roundup: ZhuQue-2E and Chang Zheng 12 take first flights; SpaceX launches classified mission
by Martin SmithThis week Landspace debuted the enhanced version of its ZhuQue-2 rocket and the Chang Zheng…