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July 17, 2026
SpaceX aborted the launch of its latest Starship test flight July 16 when some of the vehicle’s engines failed to ignite. The post SpaceX aborts Starship Flight 13 launch attempt appeared first on…
"Now offloading propellant. Next launch attempt hopefully in a few days."
July 16, 2026
Everyday Astronaut's full broadcast for the Starship Flight 13 launch attempt, scrubbed before liftoff. The pre-launch coverage goes over what SpaceX was after with this mission: the second flight of a V3 Starship and the deployment of the first operational Starlink V3 satellites, on another sub-orbital profile with objectives close to Flight 12's and full reuse as the longer-term goal.
SpaceX aborted Flight 13 of its giant Starship rocket at the last second on Thursday (July 16). The company is now targeting July 23 for the liftoff.
The company didn't immediately say what went wrong. SpaceX's stock plunged more than 4% in after-hours trading before paring losses.
NASA has selected SpaceX to deliver laser communications capabilities for next year’s Artemis III mission, enabling the agency to provide a front row seat for viewers from the Orion spacecraft as…
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With the launch of 21 York Space Systems satellites, the Space Development Agency has now placed half of its planned Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation in orbit The post SpaceX launches 21…
NEW YORK — A study published last week in Nature Astronomy has proposed a new satellite design and technique to detect thermonuclear warheads in space. Funded in part by the […] The post Nature…
Evidence for landslides down steep crater walls on Pluto have been found in imagery from NASA's New Horizons mission.
A black hole in a relatively nearby galaxy has abruptly switched on a powerful cosmic beacon, and years later, it is still blazing. Astronomers have discovered a galaxy whose central black hole has…
As delivered by Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman July 15, 2026<br/>
"It's in the habitable zone, which is super exciting for astrobiology and habitability and searching for life."
Astronomers found a helium atmosphere around a rocky exoplanet — a good sign for the search for life outside the solar system.
Building U.S. space-based moving target indication systems and the capability to disrupt Chinese military space systems is a top deterrence priority for U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess, he…
SpaceX has stacked the two stages of its giant Starship rocket ahead of the Flight 13 test launch, which is scheduled to occur on Thursday evening (July 23).
“Being non-controversial is not a bad thing,” said Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, noting that the low turnout at the SASC hearing was a “compliment” to CSO nominee Lt. Gen. Doug Schiess.
"We will likely have similar concerns and discussions when China fields its Starlink-like constellation."
DIU solicitation aims to move long-studied technology toward military use by fiscal 2030 The post Defense Innovation Unit seeks commercial path to deliver electrical power from orbit appeared first…
In this episode, David Ariosto speaks with SpinLaunch CEO Massi Ladovaz. They discuss what attracted Ladovaz to reimagining how to launch spacecraft, the changing needs and challenges of building…
SpaceX also wants to test the improvements it has incorporated into the thermal shield, such as the installation of losets in the metal part of Starship's rear flaps, modified versions of the..
The European Space Agency has awarded a contract to launch its solar storm-monitoring CubeSat on an Ariane 6 rocket. Scheduled for launch in early 2027, the Henon CubeSat will be flown as a…
In the Picture of the Month from the James Webb Space Telescope, we are taken on a visit to a building site of significant scale. The project is a galaxy cluster named MACS J0553.4-3342, located in…
A gas giant 63 light-years away was discovered by comparing new images with observations collected over ten years ago
Swiss space startup SWISSto12 closed a US$70 million (approximately €61 million) Series C funding round, the company announced… The post SWISSto12 raises $70M Series C round to build small GEO…
Expedition Sound is a podcast series by the European Space Agency (ESA) in which you’re invited to explore the Universe through your ears. Guided by sonifications – the translation of data into…
Xona aims to deploy 258 satellites into low-Earth orbit as a GPS alternative.
Image: Test firing at brand new green chemical propulsion lab
The EnduroSat satellite will carry BULL’s HORN post-mission disposal device to orbit in 2027, proving it deploys and de-orbits the satellite as designed under real space conditions – a step toward…
With liftoff scheduled for September, excitement is building at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana as two cutting-edge Earth observation satellites, FLEX and Copernicus Sentinel-3C, have arrived to…
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