With Starship catch, SpaceX still shows it can dazzle the world
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SpaceX Catches a Starship
SpaceX’s 15th Starship Integrated Flight Test (IFT-15) returned to Earth today and was “caught” back at the launch tower after orbiting Earth 14 times. It’s a milestone achievement for the […]
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Next Vega C Launch Edges Closer to Christmas Day as Satellites Arrive Late
Italian rocket manufacturer Avio has revealed that delays in the delivery of customer satellites have pushed the third Vega C launch of 2026 back toward Christmas, several weeks later than previously planned. Speaking during the company’s third-quarter earnings call on 11 November, Avio CEO Giulio Ranzo explained that the mission, which will carry six satellites, […] The post Next Vega C Launch Edges Closer to Christmas Day as Satellites Arrive Late appeared first on European Spaceflight.
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Starship flight 15 powers to orbit—setting up a possible catch on Saturday
One way or another, the company will get some more data on Saturday.
Read More → Starship IFT-15 is in Orbit — Will it be “Caught” When It Returns to Earth?
SpaceX launched the 15th Starship Integrated Flight Test (IFT-15) early this evening from Starbase, Texas. Plans to bring the first stage Booster back to the launch tower for a “catch” […]
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Live Coverage: Starship Flight 15 attempts to recover full vehicle in double launch pad catch
Liftoff of the integrated Starship vehicle from Starbase in Texas is scheduled during a 75-minute launch window that opens at 4:45 p.m. CST (5:45 p.m. EST / 2245 UTC) on Friday, Nov. 13.
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SpaceX is attempting to catch Ship 42 after reentry from orbit at Starbase Texas.
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Orbital insertion around Mercury of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission.
Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby
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Solar Orbiter, a partnership between ESA and NASA, will perform a gravity assist maneuver with Venus on December 24, 2026. Throughout its mission it also makes repeated gravity assist flybys of Venus to get closer to the Sun, and to change its orbital inclination, boosting it out of the ecliptic plane, to get the best – and first – views of the Sun’s poles.
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International Space Station
Founded: 1998-11-20
The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. Its first component was launched into orbit in 1998, with the first long-term residents arriving in November 2000. It has been inhabited continuously since that date. The last pressurised module was fitted in 2011, and an experimental inflatable space habitat was added in 2016. The station is expected to operate until 2030. Development and assembly of the station continues, with several new elements scheduled for launch in 2019. The ISS is the largest human-made body in low Earth orbit and can often be seen with the naked eye from Earth. The ISS consists of pressurised habitation modules, structural trusses, solar arrays, radiators, docking ports, experiment bays and robotic arms. ISS components have been launched by Russian Proton and Soyuz rockets, and American Space Shuttles.
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Mir
Founded: 1986-02-20
Mir was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia. Mir was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996. The station served as a microgravity research laboratory in which crews conducted experiments in biology, human biology, physics, astronomy, meteorology and spacecraft systems with a goal of developing technologies required for permanent occupation of space.
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Skylab
Founded: 1973-05-14
Skylab was a United States space station launched and operated by NASA, and occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974 – the only space station the U.S. has operated exclusively. In 1979 it fell back to Earth amid huge worldwide media attention. Skylab included a workshop, a solar observatory, and other systems necessary for crew survival and scientific experiments. It was launched unmanned by a modified Saturn V rocket, with a weight of 170,000 pounds (77,000 kg). Lifting Skylab into low earth orbit was the final mission and launch of a Saturn V rocket (famous for carrying the manned Moon landing missions). Three missions delivered three-astronaut crews in the Apollo command and service module (Apollo CSM), launched by the smaller Saturn IB rocket. For the final two manned missions to Skylab, a backup Apollo CSM/Saturn IB was assembled and made ready in case an in-orbit rescue mission was needed, but this backup vehicle was never flown.
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