Skyroot's Vikram-I eyes orbit in a packed launch week
Indian launch startup Skyroot Aerospace is counting down to its first orbital attempt with the Vikram-I rocket, targeting July 12. The miles…
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Long March 10B, Vikram-I, and a packed Falcon 9 rideshare headline busy week
A SpaceX rideshare carrying 81 payloads to sun-synchronous orbit, China's Long March 10B maiden flight, and India's Vikram-I debut are all c…
Long March 10B and Vikram-I set for landmark debut launches
Six orbital launches are on the books for the same week in July 2026. Two of them are first flights — China's Long March 10B and India's Vik…
Metal 3D Printing in Orbit: A Step Toward Crew Self-Sufficiency
A metal 3D printer installed on the ISS by ESA in 2024 has reached a new milestone: its fifth sample is now on its way back to Earth for ana…
Botswana Becomes the 68th Nation to Sign the Artemis Accords
Botswana signed the Artemis Accords on June 25, 2026, at NASA headquarters in Washington. The country is now the sixth African nation to for…
SpaceX's Secretive Starfall Capsule Completes Its First Test Flight
SpaceX flew its mysterious Starfall reentry capsule on June 23, offering virtually no details about the mission's objectives or customer. Th…
ESA at ILA Berlin 2026: Mapping Europe's Space Ambitions
Under the banner of 'Space4Future', ESA's pavilion at ILA Berlin 2026 spans lunar exploration, climate observation, navigation and European …
SpaceX reaches 50 Starlink launches in 2026 before June
SpaceX closed May 2026 with back-to-back Starlink launches, crossing the 50-mission mark for the year before the calendar even turned to Jun…
SpaceX hits sixty orbital launches before June, with no sign of slowing
Sixty orbital launches before the end of May, four Starlink missions in one week alone: SpaceX is operating in 2026 at a pace that forces th…
Starship V3 Takes Flight on SpaceX's Twelfth Test Mission
SpaceX flew Starship Version 3 for the first time on May 22, 2026, marking the twelfth flight of the overall program. A scrub less than sixt…
Starship V3 makes its debut on Flight 12
SpaceX flew the first-ever Starship V3 on May 22, 2026, completing most of the mission's test objectives on a suborbital profile. The launch…
SMILE lifts off to map Earth's magnetic shield in unprecedented detail
After more than a decade of joint development between ESA and China's CNSA, the SMILE spacecraft is now in orbit and ready to deliver the fi…
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