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SpaceX Puts Flight 15 in Cryo as Flight 14 Window Moves to Sep 22
Booster 22 and Ship 42 stay in Massey’s cryo for Flight 15 while Next Spaceflight lists Flight 14 for Tuesday…
SpaceX Falcon 9 to Launch SES Final O3b mPOWER on Sunday
SpaceX Falcon 9 is set to loft SES’s final three O3b mPOWER satellites Sunday from SLC-40, with a 2:49–4:16 p.m.…
SpaceX Targets USSF-259 for Mid-September from Vandenberg
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday 15 September for Falcon 9 USSF-259 from Vandenberg SLC-4E. The four-hour window opens at 9:00 p.m.…
SpaceX Targets USSF-153 for Thursday from Vandenberg
SpaceX is targeting Thursday 10 September for Falcon 9 USSF-153 from Vandenberg SLC-4E. The payload is unnamed; the window opens…
How Merlin Powers Falcon 9
Falcon 9 flies nine Merlin 1D engines on the first stage and a vacuum Merlin on the second, combining high…
SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launched NASA’s Roman Telescope
Falcon Heavy launched NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope at 7:26 a.m. EDT Sunday from Kennedy’s LC-39A. The observatory separated…
SpaceX Lifts Booster 21 to Pad 2 Tower for Catch Tests
NASASpaceflight reported Saturday that SpaceX lifted Super Heavy Booster 21 off Pad 2 and raised it to the top of…
SpaceX Static-Fires All 33 Engines on Booster 21 for Flight 14
SpaceX completed a full-duration 33-engine static fire of Super Heavy Booster 21 at Starbase Pad 2 on Aug. 28, 2026,…
Starship V3 Explained: What Changed for Flight 12
Starship IFT-12, launched on May 22, 2026, marked the first flight of SpaceX’s redesigned V3 Starship and Super Heavy stack.…
SpaceX Begins Starship’s Journey Home
SpaceX has completed its initial post-flight inspection of Starship Ship 40 following IFT-13, giving engineers their first opportunity to examine…
