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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 26 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB

The mission, dubbed Starlink 15-8, will be SpaceX’s 70th Falcon 9 launch of the year. It’s targeting a liftoff from pad 4 East at 6:34 a.m. PDT (9:34 a.m. EDT, 1334 UTC). .

Further delays of Starliner’s next flight mark anniversary of its first crewed Space Station docking

NASA said the next launch of the Boeing crew vehicle is now targeting no earlier than early 2026. However, that hinges on testing campaign set to take place at the White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico. .

Sols 4561-4562: Prepping to Drill at Altadena

Written by Conor Hayes, Graduate Student at York University Earth planning date: Wednesday, June 4, 2025 We are continuing to look for a suitable location to collect a drilled sample in this area. As you may recall from Monday’s plan, we performed a short “bump” of just under 4 meters (about 13 feet) hoping to […].

Searching for Ancient Rocks in the ‘Forlandet’ Flats

Written by Henry Manelski, Ph.D. student at Purdue University This week Perseverance continued its gradual descent into the relatively flat terrain outside of Jezero Crater. In this area, the science team expects to find rocks that could be among the oldest ever observed by the Perseverance rover — and perhaps any rover to have explored […].

NASA’s ESCAPADE could launch on second New Glenn

A NASA Mars smallsat mission bumped from the first launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn is tentatively set to fly on the second New Glenn later this summer. The post NASA’s ESCAPADE could launch on second New Glenn appeared first on SpaceNews..

Dr. Natasha Schatzman Receives Vertical Flight Society (VFS) Award

Dr. Natasha Schatzman Receives Vertical Flight Society (VFS) Award In May 2025, Dr. Natasha Schatzman, aerospace engineer in the Aeromechanics Office at NASA Ames Research Center, received the inaugural Alex M. Stoll Award from the Vertical Flight Society (VFS).  This award honors a professional in the field of vertical flight who “demonstrates an exceptional commitment […].

LC-39A Starship Tower "Eliminated"; Multiple Starship Pads Coming To Cape Canaveral SLC-37

LC-39A Starship Tower "Eliminated"; Multiple Starship Pads Coming To Cape Canaveral SLC-37.

Webb Sees Sombrero Galaxy in Near-Infrared

After capturing an image of the iconic Sombrero galaxy at mid-infrared wavelengths in late 2024, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has now followed up with an observation in the near-infrared. In the newest image, released on June 3, 2025, the Sombrero galaxy’s tightly packed group of stars at the galaxy’s center is illuminated while the dust in […].

NASA Mars Orbiter Captures Volcano Peeking Above Morning Cloud Tops

The 2001 Odyssey spacecraft captured a first-of-its-kind look at Arsia Mons, which dwarfs Earth’s tallest volcanoes. A new panorama from NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter shows one of the Red Planet’s biggest volcanoes, Arsia Mons, poking through a canopy of clouds just before dawn. Arsia Mons and two other volcanoes form what is known as […].

NASA’s Ready-to-Use Dataset Details Land Motion Across North America

An online tool maps measurements and enables non-experts to understand earthquakes, subsidence, landslides, and other types of land motion. NASA is collaborating with the Alaska Satellite Facility in Fairbanks to create a powerful web-based tool that will show the movement of land across North America down to less than an inch. The online portal and […].