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SpaceX bids farewell to Landing Zone 1 with final Falcon booster touchdown

After a decade of Return to Launch Site missions, SpaceX’s Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral hosted its final Falcon booster touchdown this week. The company has transferred control of the historic pad to the US Space Force, closing a chapter in reusable launch operations.

2025-08-02T19:03:41.762405-07:00

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SpaceX Crew-11 Launches to ISS in Weather-Scrubbed Second Attempt, Marks 25 Years of Continuous Station Occupancy

2025-08-01T09:04:45.185682-07:00

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India’s GSLV Rocket Successfully Deploys $1.5B NASA-ISRO NISAR Earth Radar Satellite

2025-07-30T05:43:45.505224-07:00

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SpaceX’s 94th Falcon 9 Launch of 2025 Deploys 19 Starlinks from West Coast

2025-07-31T11:53:08.468589-07:00

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SpaceX Crew Dragon Reaches ISS in Record 15-Hour Transit SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft docked with the International Space Station only 15 hours after lifting off from Cape Canaveral on Saturday, beating typical 24- to 36-hour transit windows. The fast track highlights how SpaceX’s matured launch cadence and streamlined rendezvous profile are reshaping crewed spaceflight operations.

2025-08-03T15:09:45.629224-07:00

SpaceX Crew Dragon Reaches ISS in Record 15-Hour Transit

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Blue Origin NS-34 Carries Crypto Billionaire Justin Sun on 14th New Shepard Spaceflight Blue Origin lifted off its New Shepard NS-34 from West Texas at 8:43 a.m. ET Sunday, carrying crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun and five passengers on a 10-minute suborbital hop. The flight, New Shepard's 14th human mission and 34th overall, delivered the 75th person into space.

2025-08-03T07:30:23.755875-07:00

Blue Origin NS-34 Carries Crypto Billionaire Justin Sun on 14th New Shepard Spaceflight

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SpaceX bids farewell to Landing Zone 1 with final Falcon booster touchdown After a decade of Return to Launch Site missions, SpaceX’s Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral hosted its final Falcon booster touchdown this week. The company has transferred control of the historic pad to the US Space Force, closing a chapter in reusable launch operations.

2025-08-02T19:03:41.762405-07:00

SpaceX bids farewell to Landing Zone 1 with final Falcon booster touchdown

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SpaceX Crew-11 Launches to ISS in Weather-Scrubbed Second Attempt, Marks 25 Years of Continuous Station Occupancy After a storm-scrubbed debut, SpaceX’s Dragon Endeavour lifted off from Florida carrying NASA’s Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, Japan’s Kimiya Yui and Russia’s Oleg Platonov to the International Space Station on August 1. The Crew-11 mission commemorates 25 years of continuous human presence aboard the ISS.

2025-08-01T09:04:45.185682-07:00

SpaceX Crew-11 Launches to ISS in Weather-Scrubbed Second Attempt, Marks 25 Years of Continuous Station Occupancy

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SpaceX’s 94th Falcon 9 Launch of 2025 Deploys 19 Starlinks from West Coast SpaceX on Thursday launched a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, deploying 19 Starlink satellites in its Starlink 13-4 mission. The 27-flight booster landed on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You, and omissions in the webcast have fueled speculation that classified payloads were also aboard.

2025-07-31T11:53:08.468589-07:00

SpaceX’s 94th Falcon 9 Launch of 2025 Deploys 19 Starlinks from West Coast

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Exploration Company wraps up six-week preburner test campaign for Typhoon rocket engine European startup The Exploration Company has wrapped up a six-week campaign of hot-fire preburner tests for its Typhoon rocket engine, validating combustion stability and pressure performance ahead of integrated engine trials and orbital launch vehicle qualification milestones.

2025-07-31T06:35:46.400113-07:00

Exploration Company wraps up six-week preburner test campaign for Typhoon rocket engine

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India’s GSLV Rocket Successfully Deploys $1.5B NASA-ISRO NISAR Earth Radar Satellite India’s ISRO placed the NASA-ISRO NISAR Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite into orbit aboard its GSLV rocket, marking the launch of a first-of-its-kind $1.5 billion Earth science mission set to scan the planet twice every 12 days for climate and disaster monitoring.

2025-07-30T05:43:45.505224-07:00

India’s GSLV Rocket Successfully Deploys $1.5B NASA-ISRO NISAR Earth Radar Satellite

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Australia’s first homegrown Eris rocket flies then crashes in debut test Gilmour Space on July 30 conducted the inaugural test of Eris, Australia’s first domestically built orbital rocket, from its private Bowen Orbital Spaceport. The vehicle flew for 14 seconds before veering off course, losing thrust and exploding near the pad, but founder Adam Gilmour hailed the flight as a pivotal step forward.

2025-07-29T17:52:53.144410-07:00

Australia’s first homegrown Eris rocket flies then crashes in debut test

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