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NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft roll away from the Vehicle Assembly Building atop the Mobile Launcher 1 and crawler-transporter 2 on Friday, March 20, 2026. Image: John Pisani/Spaceflight Now

NASA’s Moon rocket began heading back to the launch pad after repairs inside the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center. The 322-foot-tall Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, atop the 400-foot-tall Mobile Launcher, will start the slow trek to the pad Thursday night.

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the first stage booster, 1067, stands at Launch Complex 39A on Aug. 27, 2025, ahead of the 30th flight of this booster. Image: SpaceX

SpaceX is preparing for its 35th Starlink mission of the year, which will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday morning.

A batch of SpaceX’s 25 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites are shown in low Earth orbit ahead of deployment during the Starlink 17-24 mission on March 16, 2026. Image: SpaceX

Update March 17, 3:10 a.m. EDT (0710 UTC): SpaceX confirms satellite deployment.

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) ahead of the launch of the Starlink 8-11 mission on Sept. 4, 2024. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now

SpaceX is kicking off the St. Patrick’s Day holiday on Tuesday with a Falcon 9 rocket launch, flying from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars above the clouds during the Starlink 10-48 mission, which lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on March 14, 2026. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now

Update March 14, 9:49 a.m. EDT (1349 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the 29 Starlink satellites.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base to begin the Starlink 17-31 mission on March 13, 2026. Image: SpaceX

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rockets from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California Friday morning, carrying 25 broadband internet satellites for SpaceX’s low Earth orbit megaconstellation.

Technicians and engineers perform prelaunch work on the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft inside the Vehicle Assembly Building on Feb. 26, 2026. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now

NASA plans to haul its Artemis 2 moon rocket back out to its seaside launch pad next week to ready the huge booster for blastoff as early as April 1 on a delayed-but-historic flight to send four astronauts on a nine-day trip to the moon, the agency announced Thursday.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman (right) speaks with Spaceflight Now Reporter Will Robinson-Smith (left) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to discuss the Artemis program and other agency initiatives. Image: John Pisani/Spaceflight Now

NASA has it’s sights set on launching the Artemis 2 mission no earlier than April 1. The determination came following the conclusion of a two-day, agency-level review of the Moon-bound flight, which took place at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East to begin the Starlink 17-18 mission on Sunday, March 8, 2026. Image: SpaceX

Update March 8, 8:30 a.m. EDT (1230 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the 25 Starlink satellites.

An artist’s impression of an Apollo-era lunar module (left) and moon landers being built by Blue Origin (center) and SpaceX (right). Graphic: NASA Office of Inspector General

NASA is working to reduce the risks of upcoming Artemis moon missions, but there are “gaps” in the agency’s approach, including in planned tests of some critical lander systems, the agency’s Office of Inspector General said in a report released Tuesday.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin the EchoStar-25 mission on March 9, 2026. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now

Update March 10, 1:21 a.m. EDT (0531 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the EchoStar-25 satellite.

United Launch Alliance’s (ULA’s) Centaur 5 upper stage for the Vulcan Certification-1 (Cert-1) flight heads into pressure cell testing. Image: United Launch Alliance

NASA officially selected United Launch Alliance’s Centaur 5 as the upper stage for its Space Launch System rocket starting with the Artemis 4 mission, scheduled to launch no earlier than early 2028.

PLD Space’s manufacturing facilities show the flow of production for its Miura 5 rockets. Image: PLD Space

Spanish startup launch company, PLD Space, raised €180 million ($209 million) in its latest funding round as it works towards the inaugural flight of its next rocket, Miura 5.

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now

SpaceX is readying a Falcon 9 rocket from a pre-dawn liftoff from Cape Canaveral with a batch of Starlink internet satellites.

Artist concept of a SpaceX Starship lunar lander on the surface of the moon. Image: SpaceX.

New NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced a major overhaul of the agency’s Artemis moon program Friday, acknowledging that the agency’s plan to land astronauts on the moon in 2028 was not realistic without another preparatory mission first to lay the groundwork.

The Falcon 9 first stage B1082 lifts off on the Starlink 17-23 from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base on March 1, 2026. Image: SpaceX.

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket early Sunday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, carrying another batch of satellites for the company’s Starlink internet service.

A streak shot of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket as its launched on the Starlink 10-41 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Sunday, March 1, 2026. Image: John Pisani/Spaceflight Now

Update Mar. 1, 11:03 p.m. EST (0403 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the 29 Starlink satellites.

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now

SpaceX is planning to launch another 29 satellites for its Starlink internet service before sunrise on Friday at Cape Canaveral.

NASA’s crawler-transporter 2, carrying NASA’s Artemis 2 SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft secured to mobile launcher 1, rolls back Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to troubleshoot the flow of helium to the rocket’s upper stage, the interim cryogenic propulsion stage. Once complete, the SLS rocket will roll back to Launch Complex 39B to prepare to launch four astronauts around the Moon and back for the Artemis 2 test flight. Image: NASA/Kim Shiflett

NASA hauled its Artemis 2 moon rocket off its seaside pad Wednesday for a slow trip back to a processing facility to track down and fix a helium pressurization problem that has delayed launch of four astronauts on a flight around the moon from this month to at least April 1.

File – SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket stands in the vertical launch position at Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base ahead of the launch of the Starlink 17-5 mission on Aug. 18, 2025. This was the ninth flight for Falcon 9 booster, tail number B1088. Image: SpaceX

SpaceX is set to launch its 500th Starlink satellite of the year during a flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base Wednesday morning.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket stands in launch position at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station prior to the flight of the Starlink 6-110 mission. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now

SpaceX is aiming to launch a Falcon 9 rocket late Tuesday afternoon with a batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites onboard. The flight from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station will be the company’s 18th launch of the year supporting its broadband internet satellite constellation.