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05/30/2026

Days ahead of the next launch of a Blue Origin “New Glenn” rocket, Blue Origin experienced an explosive anomaly with a complete loss of the rocket and extreme damage to the launch pad.

05/29/2026

Moments ago at 9pm EST an anomaly at LC-36 for Blue Origin New Glenn LN-01 as it was conducting a static fire preparing to launch NET June 4th resulted in a Rapid Unplanned Destruction of the vehicle in a huge fireball. We observed an apparent flare near the second stage as the whole rocket soon erupted.

05/22/2026

Starship Flt 12 re-entry and splashdown

05/22/2026

Starship Flight 12- attempt #2. Nominal lift off and separation, booster had issues on boostback and shut down early. Booster came back hot and not where planned but made it into the gulf somewhere with partial engines on. Ship has 1 RVAC engine out but is nominal in flight at T+9 minutes into flight and now on coast. Ship is now on trajectory toward re entry into Indian Ocean.

05/21/2026

Starship Flight 12, the first version 3 of Starship attempted its first launch today from Starbase Texas. This also is the first launch from pad 2 with the flame trench. Several holds under T-40 seconds. The T-0 had 5 minutes left in the window and SpaceX used it up until eventually a scrub was issued. Attempt was aborted at 6:39pm CST.

04/11/2026

Artemis II, mans first return trip to the moon since 1972. Among many achievements is a record for furthest distance from Earth for humans to fly. Splashdown! Congratulation Integrity, crew of Artemis II, NASA and all the partners.

12/30/2025

Space Launch Delta 30 (SLD30) announced a Request for Information (RFI) today for Launch Providers interested in a lease of SLC-14 to be used for a heavy or super heavy launch facility. SLD-30 says SLC-14 is located at the southern tip of the base. At this time we know of only 3 providers capable of Heavy or Super Heavy launches, Blue Origin, ULA Vulcan and SpaceX. SpaceX Falcon Heavy and NASA SLS are the only US super heavy vehicles with Starship also coming on board. With both ULA and SpaceX currently having heavy lift facilities at the base (SpaceX is converting SLC-6 for Falcon Heavy launches) this opens a door for Blue Origin. At this time we can't positively identify the location of SLC-14 but do know there is no infrastructure to the southernmost tip of the base. An RFI at this time of this location appears to be purely exploratory and is a long way from any new development actually coming.

11/26/2025

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11/09/2025

New Glenn's second mission and attempt to land on a drone ship Jacklyn. ESCAPADE is sending 2 craft to Mars and also a technology demonstration for Viasat as part of NASA's CSP (Commucications Service Project). Launch today is currently in a weather hold at T-19:58.

10/14/2025

The Department of the Air Force (DAF) has posted the final EIS for SpaceX's application to expand cadence up to 100 launches per year and to convert SLC-6 into a Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy facility. The DAF has selected Alternative 1 which includes a new HIF. This incorporates all the proposed action with the addition of the HIF. Construction is expected to take 18 months once the lease agreement is finalized. The full EIS can be found with this link: