News From “Spaceflight Now” Magazine
Falcon Heavy flies its first mission for U.S. spy satellite agency
2026-10-01 22:37
Spaceflight Now
The 14th Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled to blast off on a clandestine mission from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 11:54 p.m. EDT (0354 UTC).
Fresh crew takes off for six-month stay aboard space station
2026-10-01 20:46
Spaceflight Now
Strapped into a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, Crew 13 commander Jessica Watkins, pilot Luke Delaney, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov and Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk blasted off from pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force...
Launch preview: More than 100 spacecraft hitch a ride to orbit on SpaceX’s Transporter-18
2026-10-01 17:51
Spaceflight Now
The mission carried 130 payloads onboard the Falcon 9 rocket heading to a Sun-synchronous orbit. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base happened at 11:32 a.m. PDT (2:32 p.m. EDT / 1832 UTC).
NASA, SpaceX launch next crewed mission to the International Space Station
2026-10-01 02:03
Spaceflight Now
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, will become the first agency astronaut to fly for a second time onboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force...
NASA plans unpiloted Starliner test flight at end of year
2026-09-29 01:14
Spaceflight Now
If the unpiloted test flight goes well, NASA and Boeing hope to launch a piloted Starliner flight in mid 2028, officials said Monday, incorporating redesigned propulsion system valves, more robust subsystems and other modifications expected...
Starship returns to Earth; rocket splashes down north of Hawaii after three-hour flight
2026-09-28 20:40
Spaceflight Now
The Super Heavy first stage booster, generating some 16 million pounds of thrust — twice the power of NASA's Space Launch System moon rocket — rapidly accelerated as it consumed propellant and lost weight, climbing...
Launch preview: SpaceX to launch first Starlink V3 satellites to orbit on Starship
2026-09-28 00:21
Spaceflight Now
The first planned orbital flight of a Starship-Super Heavy rocket aims to send 26 Starlink Version 3 into low Earth orbit. Liftoff from Pad 2 at Starbase, Texas, is scheduled during a 75-minute window that...
Next crew bound for the space station arrive in Florida
2026-09-26 19:36
Spaceflight Now
The three astronauts and one cosmonaut will spend roughly six months onboard the International Space Station. Launch is scheduled for no earlier than Oct. 1.
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches classified mission for U.S. Space Force from West Coast
2026-09-25 20:26
Spaceflight Now
Liftoff of the USSF-385 mission atop a Falcon 9 is scheduled for 7 a.m. PDT (10 a.m. EDT / 1400 UTC) at the opening of a three-hour launch window.
NASA announces new space telescope ‘PRIMA’ to launch in 2033
2026-09-24 23:07
Spaceflight Now
Once it goes through a confirmation review, the observatory can proceed into construction. The 5.9-foot telescope will be capped at a project cost of $1.2 billion, which excludes launch “and other non-project costs.”









