Launch: Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A
Friday, October 9 at 3:36 AM · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX plans to launch SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A on a Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Scheduled for Friday, October 9 at 3:36 AM EDT. Tranche 1 Transport Layer A is one of six missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation, which will provide assure…
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Launch: Long March 12 | Unknown Payload
Friday, October 9 at 3:25 PM · Commercial LC-2, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation plans to launch Unknown Payload on a Long March 12 from Commercial LC-2, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China. Scheduled for Friday, October 9 at 3:25 PM EDT. Details TBD.
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Launch: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-25
Sunday, October 11 at 7:00 PM · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX plans to launch Starlink Group 15-25 on a Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Scheduled for Sunday, October 11 at 7:00 PM EDT. A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Launch: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-35
Tuesday, October 13 at 6:33 AM · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SpaceX plans to launch Dragon CRS-2 SpX-35 on a Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Scheduled for Tuesday, October 13 at 6:33 AM EDT. 35th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Cargo Dragon 2 brings supplies and payloads, in…
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Launch: Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-xxx ("TH-2")
Thursday, October 15 at 7:44 PM · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX plans to launch USSF-xxx ("TH-2") on a Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Scheduled for Thursday, October 15 at 7:44 PM EDT. Classified mission for the United States Space Force. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites based on SpaceX’s Starshield satellite bus, based on locations of ascent rocket stage drop zones being fits with previous SDA Transpo…
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Launch: H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX)
Monday, October 19 at 3:41 PM · Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries plans to launch Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX) on a H3-24 from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. Scheduled for Monday, October 19 at 3:41 PM EDT. MMX is a Japanese scientific mission to land on Phobos, one of the two moons of Mars, to collect samples before bringing them back to Earth. The mission includes a small French/German rover to explore the surface of Ph…
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NASA Sets Coverage for SpaceX 35th Station Resupply Launch, Arrival
NASA and SpaceX are targeting 6:33 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, Oct. 13, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment, including the final set of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays, to the space station. This is the 35th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the orbital complex for NASA. NASA also will […]
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NASA’s SpaceX 35th Commercial Resupply Mission Overview
NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than Tuesday, Oct. 13 to launch scientific investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station.
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NASA’s PRIMA Spacecraft (Artist’s Concept)
Description This artist’s concept depicts the proposed design for NASA’s PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA), which was selected by the agency in September 2026. The PRIMA observatory is the first in a new class of NASA astrophysics missions, called Probe Explorers, within the agency’s longstanding Explorers Program. By observing far-infrared light, PRIMA will enable scientists to study cosmic […]
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NASA’s Curiosity Looks Back After Reaching Elevation Milestone
Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this view looking back at the floor of Gale Crater, with the crater’s rim visible in the distance, on Sept. 5, 2026, the 5,006th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Just nine days prior, on Aug. 26 (Sol 4,996), Curiosity set a mission milestone by reaching 1 kilometer […]
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NASA’s Curiosity Captures Dawn Breaking on Wind-Carved Cliffs
Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this panorama of sunrise illuminating distant, wind-carved features called yardangs on Aug. 11, 2026, the 4,982nd Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Scientists are eager to learn more about how the yardang layer formed. Figure A is a crop zooming in on the distant yardangs. Since 2014, Curiosity […]
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Artemis II Crew Moon Photo Annotations
A visualization of a dark Moon eclipsing the Sun is marked with handwritten notes in this April 6, 2026, screenshot from an Artemis II crew member’s tablet. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman (in blue) and Victor “Ike” Glover (in green) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) Jeremy Hansen (in red) observed impact flashes and their locations, which […]
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