Spaceflight News

18/01/2026

https://www.spaceflight-news.com/single-post/nasa-s-sls-rocket-rolls-out-to-historic-lc-39b-for-artemis-ii

NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft rolled out from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Complex 39B on Saturday, marking a major milestone in preparations for the Artemis II mission. This is the first time the SLS rocket has been positioned at the pad for a crewed lunar flig...

24/12/2025

https://www.spaceflight-news.com/single-post/tory-bruno-departs-ula-after-a-transformational-decade-of-leadership

Tory Bruno leaves United Launch Alliance after nearly 12 years as President and CEO, a tenure that reshaped the company during one of the most turbulent periods in the launch industry.When Bruno took over ULA in 2014, the company was at an inflection point. Built around the Atlas V and Delta IV fami...

24/12/2025

https://www.spaceflight-news.com/single-post/artemis-ii-crew-conducts-launch-day-demonstration-inside-the-vehicle-assembly-building

NASA’s Artemis II astronauts have completed a major pre-launch milestone, participating in a Launch Day Demonstration designed to rehearse crew and ground operations ahead of the agency’s first crewed lunar mission of the Artemis era. The test was conducted at Kennedy Space Center, with flight h...

19/12/2025

Rocket Lab’s End-to-End business model brings in more opportunities

Rocket Lab has secured its largest single contract to date: an $816 million prime award from the U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA) to design and manufacture 18 satellites for the agency’s Tracking Layer Tranche 3 (TRKT3) program, a core element of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (...

19/12/2025

Commercial Astronaut and Entrepreneur Jared Issacman has been sworn in to become NASA's 15th Administrator, working toward sending Humans back to the Moon and later to Mars

In a landmark moment for America’s space program, Jared Isaacman was officially sworn in as the 15th Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on December 18, 2025 after a contentious and high-profile confirmation process. Isaacman assumes leadership of NASA at a pivotal j...

18/12/2025

A gorgeous night launch of Rocket Lab's Electron rocket, marking their 20th flight of the year

Wallops Island, Virginia — Rocket Lab has successfully launched the U.S. Space Force’s STP-S30 mission, with company founder and CEO Peter Beck confirming a 100% mission success following Electron’s ascent from Launch Complex 2 at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight ...

17/12/2025

Rocket Lab is preparing to launch their Electron rocket from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia tonight, with the launch window open from Midnight - 1am

Wallops Island, Virginia — Rocket Lab is preparing to launch the U.S. Space Force’s STP-S30 mission aboard its Electron rocket in the early hours of Thursday, December 18, 2025. The launch window opens at 05:00 UTC (12:00 a.m. Eastern / 9:00 p.m. Pacific on Dec. 17) from Launch Complex 2 at the ...

04/12/2025

SpaceX has released video of their V3 Raptor engine performing validation testing of Starship’s ascent burn
Almost 7 minutes of constant firing! ⬇️🔥

02/12/2025

https://www.spaceflight-news.com/single-post/starship-cleared-for-florida-spacex-begins-building-a-new-launch-era-at-cape-canaveral

A Major Milestone for America’s Next Heavy-Lift Launch SystemIn a landmark decision with wide-reaching implications for U.S. spaceflight, the Department of the Air Force has officially approved SpaceX to redevelop Space Launch Complex 37 (SLC-37) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for future St...

29/11/2025

A successful launch, but a damaged launch pad structure

A textbook ascent with a hidden problemOn 27 November 2025, a Soyuz-2.1a rocket lofted the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft from Site 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Mikaev and Sergei Kud-Sverchkov to the International Space S...

21/11/2025

Blue Origin news doesn't stop! Yesterday they announced a new variant of their New Glenn rocket

Blue Origin has taken a major step toward turning New Glenn from a single heavy-lift rocket into an entire family of launch vehicles aimed at everything from Amazon’s Kuiper satellites to crewed lunar missions.In a sweeping update released on November 20, the company detailed both near-term upgrad...

20/11/2025

Blue Origin unveils full scale hardware built for multiplanetary travel

Blue Origin has revealed a full-scale, deployable aerobrake system, marking one of the company’s most significant advances in spacecraft atmospheric-entry and orbital-maneuver hardware to date. Designed to use planetary atmospheres to slow spacecraft and reduce propellant requirements, the new sys...