Following the loss of Ship 36 during its static fire test campaign at Masseys on June 18, SpaceX has been trying to recover, rebuild, and proceed with the last two Block 2 ships it has for flight. These are Ship 37 and Ship 38, and this week, both vehicles rolled out for respective testing before a possible Flight 10 occurs in mid-August.
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Launch Roundup: Starship Flight 9; SpaceX starts new Starlink shell; China, Russia also launch
by John SharpThis Launch Roundup has been extended to include the launch of SpaceX’s Starship Flight 9…
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Juno reveals Io’s inner structure and volcanic activity; investigates north pole cyclones
New data from NASA’s Juno mission, which has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016, has provided…
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SpaceX kicked off 2025 by continuing its record-breaking pace of Falcon 9 launches while also…
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Launch Roundup: Spectrum, Electron, and Falcon 9 fly missions
by Martin SmithThis week included three launches scheduled for Wednesday and the third Electron rocket to fly…
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Relativity Space makes significant progress on Terran R; flight hardware in production
Relativity Space has announced significant progress with its Terran R reusable launch vehicle. In a…
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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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Chinese spaceflight activities have been on pause in recent weeks due to the annual Spring…
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Sen is on a mission to democratize space through the use of high-quality video from…
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Launch Roundup: Starlink and CZ-8A launches planned; Falcon booster to land in Bahamas
China conducted the debut flight of an upgraded version of the Chang Zheng 8 medium-lift…
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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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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…
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Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 launches continue, Rocket Lab to launch two Electrons, Russia to fly to ISS
by John SharpFollowing the sixth flight of SpaceX’s Starship on Tuesday, eight additional orbital launches were planned…
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China Roundup: reusable satellites, lunar EVA suits, and expanding spaceports
by Martin SmithAs China prepares to increase its launch cadence further, there are plans to expand the…
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ESA’s Hera mission launched to asteroid binary as Falcon 9 returns to flight
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hera mission, which is traveling to asteroid Didymos and its…
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Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 and Electron to extend satellite constellations
by Martin SmithThis week’s manifest includes the delayed launches of a Falcon 9 with Galileo global positioning…
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SpaceX completed stacking Launch Tower 2 at Orbital Launch Pad B at Starbase, Texas, in…
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Falcon 9’s return to flight reminds spaceflight industry of past anomalies
by Aaron McCreaNearly every rocket that has flown has had an anomaly. With thousands of components that…
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SpaceX continues record-breaking year with Starship’s full success and Falcon milestones
SpaceX continues to break records with its Falcon rockets during 2024 completing to date a…
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The final satellite of the GOES-R series of satellites, GOES-U, was launched on June 25…