SpaceX is preparing a Starlink launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base with a south-southwesterly trajectory and an attempt to complete its 600th Falcon 9 booster landing. The effort underscores the company’s cadence-driven reuse operations and ongoing integration of Starlink flights into that landing-recovery loop.
NASA
• Jennifer M Dooren
By NASA: NASA and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) launched the NASA Force website on Friday, opening applications for.
Flying Magazine
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: Shenzhou-21 astronauts complete third spacewalk, mission extended by a month China’s Shenzhou-21 astronauts conducted an extravehicular activity outside the Tiangong space station Thursday, installing debris-protection hardware and inspecting the orbital outpost.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: Qingzhou prototype cargo spacecraft completes rendezvous tests in orbit China has conducted rendezvous and proximity operations tests involving a prototype cargo spacecraft and a satellite in a step towards low-cost orbital infrastructure.
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
By Ars Technica: Europe's first Mars rover mission is now on its fourth rocket: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy...
European Spaceflight
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: "We leaned under and looked at the bottom of that thing, and for four humans just looking at the heat shield, it looked wonderful to us.".
By investors.rocketlabcorp.com: LONG BEACH, Calif., April 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or the “Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today introduced a new electric satellite thruster designed for high-volume production to meet the growing demand for.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — Space-based space situational awareness company NorthStar Earth & Space of Canada will….
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
Via Satellite
• Ben Ackman
