SpaceX continues to build and test Starships, with a current fleet of four boosters undergoes… The post As Ship 35 Static Fires, SpaceX has a Fleet a Vehicles Getting Ready for Flight appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com..
The ability to launch 29 Starlink V2 Mini satellites comes from a shift by SpaceX to an “optimized” version of the spacecraft introduced in 2024. Liftoff from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is targeting 4:53 a.m. EDT (0853 UTC). .
With this mission, SpaceX will have launched more than 800 Starlink V2 Mini satellites in 2025. Liftoff is targeting 11:13 a.m. PDT (2:13 p.m. EDT, 1813 UTC). .
The budget proposal coming from the White House would also reduce spending on the International Space Station program by more than $500 million. .
White House Proposes SLS, Orion, Lunar Gateway Cancellation & ISS Mission Reductions.
European regulators have launched a preliminary investigation into Luxembourg satellite fleet operator SES’ multi-billion-dollar plan to buy U.S.-based rival Intelsat. The post Europe begins probing SES–Intelsat merger on competition grounds appeared first on SpaceNews..
With Expedition 73 now underway, the International Space Station is hosting seven crewmembers again. Thursday… The post Expedition 73 underway on ISS, crew perform spacewalk appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com..
The Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft is pictured backing away from the International Space Station shortly after undocking on April 19, 2025. Three hours later, the spacecraft landed in Kazakhstan, returning astronaut Don Pettit and cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner to Earth. While aboard the International Space Station, Pettit conducted hundreds of hours of scientific investigations, […].
The White House is proposing to phase out SLS and Orion spacecraft as well as reduce ISS operations in its fiscal year 2026 budget request. The post White House budget proposal would phase out SLS and Orion, scale back ISS operations appeared first on SpaceNews..
"SLS alone costs $4 billion per launch and is 140 percent over budget.".