Axiom-4 Continues to Expand Access to Station

The crew of Axiom-4 launched aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center’s LC‑39A at 2:31 AM local time, setting the stage for an international mission to the world’s premier orbital laboratory.

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Starship 36 Explodes During Static Fire Testing

At 11:01 PM Central Time the night of June 18th, Starship 36 exploded on its test stand prior to a planned static fire test. Ship 36 was planned to be used for Flight 10, so its loss throws the immediate future of the Starship program into question.

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A Shaky Step Forward for Starship Flight 9

The ninth flight test of SpaceX’s Starship-Super Heavy rocket took place on May 27, 2025, achieving a marginal improvement over the previous two missions. Although Ship 35 completed a successful ascent, fuel leaks and a loss of control in space prevented the spacecraft from completing most of its intended objectives.

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Athena and IM-2 Lost After Landing

Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission came to an abrupt end after an unsuccessful landing attempt on March 6. Although the spacecraft reached the surface intact, Athena toppled over after touchdown, leaving its solar panels in shadow and unable to recharge its batteries.

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Familiar Spectacle and Setbacks From Starship Flight 8

SpaceX launched Starship’s eighth integrated test flight on Thursday, March 6th, producing a remarkably similar showing to its seventh flight. Exactly seven weeks after that test was cut short by an upper stage failure, the system encountered another anomaly.

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Blue Ghost and HAKUTO-R Take Flight

Two robotic moon landers shared a ride into space in the early morning of Wednesday, January 15th. Hours earlier, Blue Ghost, built by Firefly Aerospace in the United States, and HAKUTO-R, built by ispace of Japan, were comanifested in the fairing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, stacked one on top of the other.

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Starship Faces Complications after Flight 7 Anomaly

On January 16th, 2025 SpaceX’s Starship-Super Heavy launched on its seventh flight test, in what aimed to be a test of block upgrades of the Starship upper stage. While IFT-7 looked fairly similar to previous test flights during the first few minutes of ascent, problems quickly developed, ultimately resulting in the dramatic loss of the Starship vehicle over the Caribbean Sea.

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New Glenn Earns Its Wings

At 2:04 AM local time on January 16th, 2025, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket rose from Launch Complex 36 at Space Canaveral Space Force Station for the first time. The launch of the 320-foot rocket represented the culmination of a decade and a half’s worth of development, and over a full year of assembly and testing.

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Blue Fire and Green Lights for New Glenn

The first integrated New Glenn launch vehicle has completed a hotfire test of its seven BE-4 main engines. The hot fire test was New Glenn’s final major pre-launch test campaign ahead of its debut mission – slated for very early 2025.

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