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Yesterday, Blue Origin successfully launched its second New Glenn rocket from LC-36 in Florida. While a second successful mission is enough to celebrate, what happened at the end of the mission is bigger news for the company and the industry.

Watch Blue Origin launch its second New Glenn rocket for NASA

Seth Kurkowski Nov 13 2025 - 11:45 am PT

Blue Origin is attempting to launch its second New Glenn rocket from LC-36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The mission will carry NASA’s ESCAPADE payload to Mars for a tech demonstration of low-cost interplanetary exploration.

Rocket Lab officially delays its bigger rocket debut to next year

Seth Kurkowski Nov 12 2025 - 2:17 pm PT

Rocket Lab is no longer planning on getting its Neutron rocket to the launch pad for its first flight by the end of this year. Not a surprise to many, but the debut flight of what could be a real Falcon 9 competitor is now scheduled for Q1 of 2026.

Last night’s awesome Northern Lights are scrubbing rocket launches

Seth Kurkowski Nov 12 2025 - 8:57 am PT

For most of the nation last night, the Northern Lights, or officially named the Aurora Borealis, were visible in an awesome display. This is due to a powerful solar storm coming from our Sun; however, that same storm that’s causing the beautiful nighttime display is also causing issues for the space industry who are trying to get rockets launched.

When will Astra return to launching rockets?

Seth Kurkowski Nov 9 2025 - 8:50 pm PT

A company that has been out of the limelight for a while, Astra is quietly getting itself ready to re-emerge as a hopeful commercial launch contender. But should we even expect to see Astra rockets fly again?

Why did Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch scrub?

Seth Kurkowski Nov 9 2025 - 2:11 pm PT

After an hour and a half attempt, Blue Origin scrubbed its New Glenn NG-2 mission due to weather concerns. It wasn’t the only issue the company ran into during the countdown, but why did weather specifically cause the delay? And when will it launch again?

West Coast Falcon Heavy launches coming as soon as next year

Seth Kurkowski Oct 25 2025 - 7:04 pm PT

The Space Force approved SpaceX’s request to increase its launch rate at Vandenberg Air Force Base and add a second launch site, SLC-6. This new pad will feature the ability to launch both Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets, the latter being a first for California.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 triple digit launch years are numbered

Seth Kurkowski Oct 25 2025 - 4:49 pm PT

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has been the company’s workhorse since its debut in 2010. It has delivered cargo to the ISS, helped build out a new GPS constellation, redefined the cost of launch, and delivered thousands of Starlink satellites into orbit. It has done so by repeatedly breaking yearly launch records and hitting triple-digit launch years twice. However, with Starship’s soon debut as an operational rocket, the company plans to sunset the Falcon 9, ending its dominance during its peak.

SpaceX closes out Block 2 Starship flights with a rather boring launch

Seth Kurkowski Oct 15 2025 - 9:11 am PT

SpaceX launched its 11th Starship rocket Monday afternoon on what could be its final mission of 2025. The launch was another overall success for the Starship program, with it actually being rather boring—a good thing for launches.

Starship Flight 11 propellent has begun, here’s how to watch

Seth Kurkowski Oct 13 2025 - 4:00 pm PT

SpaceX is launching its final Starship rocket in potentially less than an hour. The company just shared it has begun fueling its massive booster; here’s how to watch tonight’s Starship launch.

SpaceX to launch 11th Starship flight test later today

Seth Kurkowski Oct 13 2025 - 12:44 pm PT

Later this afternoon, SpaceX plans to launch its final Starship rocket of 2025; this will also be the final Block 2 Starship to fly. The launch seems overall similar to Flight 10, which took place a little over one month ago. However, a success on each flight is still important for Starship stakeholders, including NASA.

SpaceX to reuse its first Starship booster on Flight 11

Seth Kurkowski Oct 9 2025 - 11:46 am PT

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SpaceX is gearing up for its 11th test flight of its full Starship rocket. With the woes of earlier this year looking to be in the past, the company is back to pushing forward what is possible; for this mission, it’s booster reflight.

Is Starship back? SpaceX prepares for Flight 11

Seth Kurkowski Sep 26 2025 - 8:52 am PT

It feels like this year Starship has been moving at a snail’s pace with minimal achievements and multiple failures in flight and on the ground. However, this minor hiccup could be over as SpaceX is barreling down the road with its eyes on Starship Flight 11, happening as soon as early October.

Cygnus XL debuts with science-focused resupply to the Space Station

Theresa Cross Sep 17 2025 - 1:10 pm PT

A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 6:11 p.m. EDT September 14 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station carrying the first mission of Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL spacecraft. Designated NG-23, it is the most capable version of Cygnus to date, loaded with over 11,000 pounds of research and supplies bound for the International Space Station.

NASA to launch IMAP, Carruthers, and SWFO with support from Astrotech’s commercial facility

Theresa Cross Sep 1 2025 - 10:06 am PT

NASA is gearing up for a landmark late-September launch featuring three pivotal spacecraft: the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP), the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, and NOAA’s Space Weather Follow-On (SWFO-L1). The missions are being prepared at Astrotech Space Operations, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary in Titusville that has become one of the nation’s premier spacecraft processing hubs.

Starship Flight 10 delayed, here’s why and when it could launch next

Seth Kurkowski Aug 24 2025 - 10:24 pm PT

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Sunday afternoon, SpaceX delayed the launch of its 10th Starship rocket from Starbase. This flight is an important launch for SpaceX to get right, with many implications for both the company and NASA.

Starship Flight 10: Testing returns to Starbase with successful Ship 37 static fire

Seth Kurkowski Aug 4 2025 - 5:43 am PT

SpaceX Starship Ship 37 completes static fire on Pad A at Starbase, Texas.

Last week, SpaceX got back to moving forward with a successful static fire of Ship 37, the upper stage segment for Starship Flight 10. This took a while to put together due to the loss of Massey’s post Ship 36 explosion, but now that it’s complete, it finally feels like there is life again at Starbase.

Weather delays Crew-11, that might be a continued curse

Seth Kurkowski Aug 1 2025 - 6:25 am PT

Yesterday, SpaceX was forced to scrub its launch of NASA’s Crew-11 mission to the ISS due to a rather nasty cloud that rolled over the launch pad. Today, SpaceX will reattempt; however, the chances of good launch weather have gotten worse, and that may be the theme for the rest of the weekend.

How to watch SpaceX Crew-11?

Seth Kurkowski Jul 31 2025 - 8:10 am PT

Today, at 12:09 P.M. ET, SpaceX will launch the next rotation of four astronauts to the International Space Station. The mission will be more than just delivering new crew members; the Crew-11 mission will see some differences that show just how the ISS program is changing.

Starship Flight 10: Will SpaceX really be ready in three weeks?

Seth Kurkowski Jul 17 2025 - 7:48 am PT

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This week Elon Musk shared his patented vague timeline announcements for future Starship launches, “launching again in ~3 weeks.” Can SpaceX do it after Ship 36’s and Massey’s destruction? When will Starship Flight 10 actually fly?

SpaceX completes its 500th Falcon 9 mission in secrecy (maybe not that secret)

Seth Kurkowski Jul 15 2025 - 5:47 am PT

The SpaceX Falcon 9 just hit a major launch milestone over the weekend with its 500th successful launch. While most companies would have maybe made a bigger deal out of the milestone, it was just another day for SpaceX, and the payload it flew left the mission in a veil of secrecy for a little bit.

List of all SpaceX crewed flights to space

Seth Kurkowski Jun 27 2025 - 6:37 am PT

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Since 2020, SpaceX has been the leader in launching crews to space for NASA. However, NASA’s bet on turning its Commercial Crew Program winners into commercial options has paid off with several missions in the books or planned that are for entirely private customers. Here’s a list of every crewed flight from SpaceX and who flew on it.

Meet Grace, SpaceX’s latest and last Crew Dragon spacecraft

Seth Kurkowski Jun 27 2025 - 6:29 am PT

SpaceX’s final Crew Dragon to roll out of the factory floor has officially arrived at the International Space Station after a successful launch with the crew of Axiom-4. With that, it brings SpaceX’s total to five crew-capable Dragon spacecraft for government and commercial use.

Axiom-4 is back, how to watch tonight’s launch

Seth Kurkowski Jun 24 2025 - 7:16 pm PT

In a last-minute announcement, SpaceX, NASA, and Axiom Space are attempting to launch Axiom-4, the company’s fourth private astronaut mission to the ISS for about two weeks. The launch is set for 2:31 A.M. ET from LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida.