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Author: Mike Wall

Posted on March 1, 2026March 2, 2026

Firefly Aerospace scrubs Alpha rocket’s return to flight due to high winds

Firefly Aerospace scrubbed the planned return-to-flight mission of its Alpha rocket on Sunday (March 1) due to high winds. A new target date has not yet been announced.
Posted on February 28, 2026February 27, 2026

‘Pushing this competition’: SpaceX’s Starship might not fly on NASA’s newly revamped Artemis 3 mission

NASA's Artemis 3 mission will no longer land astronauts on the moon —and it might not involve SpaceX's Starship megarocket, either.
Posted on February 26, 2026February 26, 2026

NASA shakes up leadership of human spaceflight program in wake of critical Starliner report

NASA has replaced two bigwigs in its human spaceflight program, just a week after releasing a report criticizing how the agency handled the first crewed flight of Boeing's Starliner astronaut taxi.
Posted on February 26, 2026February 27, 2026

SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule splashes down after historic ISS-boosting mission (video)

A SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule returned to Earth on Friday (Feb. 27) after spending six months docked with the International Space Station.
Posted on February 25, 2026February 28, 2026

Rocket Lab launches hypersonic scramjet vehicle for the US military

Rocket Lab launched a scramjet-powered hypersonic vehicle for the U.S. military to suborbital space on Friday (Feb. 27).
Posted on February 25, 2026February 25, 2026

‘The Space Force is my baby’: Trump lauds military space in State of the Union but skips Artemis 2 moon crew namedrop

President Trump lauded the Space Force in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night (Feb. 24) but did not mention the Artemis 2 moon mission, which could launch as soon as April 1.
Posted on February 24, 2026February 25, 2026

Watch NASA roll Artemis 2 moon rocket off launch pad today to deal with glitch

NASA will roll its Artemis 2 moon rocket off the launch pad on Wednesday (Feb. 25) to deal with a glitch, and you can watch the four-mile trek live.
Posted on February 23, 2026February 23, 2026

China’s mysterious Shenlong space plane recently launched on its 4th mission. What is it doing up there?

China's reusable Shenlong space plane launched on its fourth space mission earlier this month. What is it doing in Earth orbit, and how do those activities advance China's space goals?
Posted on February 21, 2026February 23, 2026

NASA’s Artemis 2 moon rocket has a problem and it’s leaving the launch pad. Don’t expect a moonshot in March

NASA on Sunday (Sept. 22) announced that the space agency will roll its massive Artemis 2 moon rocket to fix a helium system glitch on the massive booster.
Posted on February 20, 2026February 20, 2026

‘This is really getting real.’ NASA’s Artemis 2 moon rocket fueling test went so well, astronauts could launch March 6

NASA announced today (Feb. 20) that it’s targeting March 6 for the liftoff of Artemis 2, which will be the first crewed mission to go beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 back in 1972.

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