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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SpaceX is making significant strides in developing its Starship infrastructure at the Roberts Road facilities.…
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In a pivotal step forward for an increase in commercial spaceflight from the West Coast,…
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SpaceX, Blue Origin, Stoke, and others make major progress on Cape launch facilities
The two spaceport launch facilities in the Cape Canaveral area — NASA’s Kennedy Space Center…
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NASA and SpaceX successfully launched the agency’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) from Florida…
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Just days after the Progress MS-32 cargo ship launched to the International Space Station from…
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The launch manifest for this week included five Falcon 9 launches. Four of them collectively…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX, Chinese, and Russian missions make up busy week
Two Chinese rockets, a pair of Russian missions, a trio of Falcon 9 launches, a…
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NASA and SpaceX have launched the 11th operational crew rotation mission to the International Space…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX to launch Crew-11 to ISS; ISRO and NASA launch new SAR satellite
by Aaron McCreaWith 11 launches scheduled worldwide, this week’s launch roundup is among the busiest of 2025…
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Blue Origin, Relativity Space, Stoke Space, and more all completing major upgrades at Cape Canaveral
by Aaron McCreaNumerous upgrades have been observed during NSF’s recent flyover, as efforts continue to bring upgraded…
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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…