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White House taps former Air Force colonel for NASA Deputy Administrator role

Matthew Anderson gives remarks to introduce Jared Isaacman during the 2024 Space Force Association’s Spacepower Conference in Orlando, Florida. Image: Will Robinson-Smith/Spaceflight Now

Matthew Anderson, the chief growth officer for the Space Force Association (SFA), an independent nonprofit with the mission of “advocating for and supporting the U.S. Space Force,” was nominated on Tuesday by President Donald Trump for the NASA Deputy Administrator position.

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Vast to complete Haven-1 primary structure in July 2025, ahead of target May 2026 launch date

A model of the final version of Vast’s Haven-1 space station is shown with a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked. The model was on display at the 40th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado in April 2025. Image: Will Robinson-Smith/Spaceflight Now

Space habitation company, Vast, is now one year away from being able to stake its claim as the first commercial space station in history.

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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) ahead of the launch of the Starlink 12-21 mission. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now

SpaceX is preparing to launch its latest batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit on Tuesday night.

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Proposed 24 percent cut to NASA budget eliminates key Artemis architecture, climate research

The Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C. Image: NASA

The White House released its proposed federal spending budget for Fiscal Year 2026 on Friday and with it a series of deep cuts to most areas of discretionary spending, including to NASA. The requested cuts come, ironically, on National Space Day.

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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 26 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch the Starlink 7-14 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Image: SpaceX

Update May 3, 1:35 p.m. EDT: SpaceX scrubbed the launch attempt on Saturday and is now targeting Sunday

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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands at pad 39A for its planned launch with 21 Starlink satellites. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now.

SpaceX is preparing to launch its largest batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites to date.

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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

File: A Falcon 9 stands ready to launch the Starlink 12-5 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Image: Spaceflight Now.

SpaceX is kicking off of the month of May with the first of likely several Falcon 9 mission launching more of its Starlink V2 Mini satellites.

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U.S. Senate Commerce Committee advances Isaacman’s nomination for NASA administrator to full Senate

Jared Isaacman, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next administrator of NASA, appears before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Image: NASA/Bill Ingalls

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead NASA in his second term is one step closer to becoming the agency’s 15th administrator.

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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on 50th Falcon 9 rocket of 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to begin the Starlink 12-10 mission on Monday, April 28, 2025. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now

Update 11:05 p.m. EDT: SpaceX landed the first stage booster on the droneship.

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Live coverage: ULA to launch first production Amazon Kuiper satellites on Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 551 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Monday, April 28, 2025, hours ahead of the planned launch of Amazon’s Kuiper 1 mission. Image: Will Robinson-Smith/Spaceflight Now

United Launch Alliance is back at the launch pad for another attempt to launch the first production satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite internet constellation.

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Firefly Aerospace to launch Lockheed Martin LM400 tech demo satellite on Alpha rocket from Vandenberg

Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 2 West at Vandenberg Space Force Base ahead of the launch of the ‘Message in a Booster’ mission. Image: Trevor Mahlamann / Firefly Aerospace

A perfect storm of range restrictions and suboptimal weather seems to finally be clearing for Firefly Aerospace. After delaying the flight of their sixth Alpha rocket for more than a month, the company announced a new launch window, which opens on Sunday.

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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch the Starlink 7-14 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Image: SpaceX

SpaceX is preparing to launch back-to-back Falcon 9 rockets on Sunday from both California and Florida. Up first is the Starlink 11-9 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base with 27 Starlink V2 Mini satellites onboard.

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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) ahead of the launch of the Starlink 12-21 mission. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now

SpaceX is preparing to launch back-to-back Falcon 9 rockets on Sunday from both California and Florida. The Starlink 12-23 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is set to follow the Starlink 11-9 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

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Axiom Space’s Chief Revenue Officer tapped as new CEO

Tejpaul Bhatia, Axiom Space’s Chief Revenue Officer, was promoted to the position of Chief Executive Officer on April 25, 2025. He will oversee the company as it completes its planned Axiom Station and AxEMU spacesuits for the Artemis Program. Images: Axiom Space; illustration by Will Robinson-Smith

The new leader at Axiom Space is a familiar face around the office. On Friday, the Houston-based company announced that its Chief Revenue Officer, Tejpaul Bhatia, is taking the reins as the new Chief Executive Officer.

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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) ahead of the launch of the Starlink 12-21 mission. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now

SpaceX plans to launch another 28 optimized Starlink V2 Mini satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Thursday night.

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SpaceX’s rideshare Bandwagon-3 mission marks the 300th orbital flight from Cape Canaveral’s pad 40

SpaceX launches their Falcon 9 rocket on April 21, 2025 with a rideshare mission towards mid-inclination orbits from SLC-40 in Cape Canaveral, FL. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now

Update 9:38 p.m. EDT: The Falcon 9 first stage booster successfully landed at Landing Zone 2.

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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 32nd resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station

A SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft, tail number C209, sits atop a Falcon 9 rocket at Launch Complex 39A ahead of the planned launch of the CRS-32 mission. Image: SpaceX

SpaceX will launch an uncrewed Cargo Dragon to the International Space Station early Monday on a resupply mission with increased importance after a transportation mishap derailed a flight by another U.S. cargo ship. Liftoff from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for Monday, April 21, at 4:15 a.m. EDT (0815 UTC).

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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch third NRO mission in eight days

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands in the launch position during sunset at Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Image: SpaceX

America’s spy satellite agency, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), is preparing to launch its third mission in eight days. The launch on Sunday, April 20, will feature another batch of satellites to support its proliferated architecture constellation in low Earth orbit.

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Northrop Grumman launches first Minotaur 4 rocket from Vandenberg in 14 years

A Minotaur 4 rocket launches from Space Launch Complex-8 Thursday, April 22, 2010. Image: Vandenberg Space Force Base

Update 3:44 p.m. EDT: A nearby camera confirmed the launch of the Minotaur 4 rocket on Wednesday afternoon.

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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

File: A Falcon 9 stands ready to launch the Starlink 12-5 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Image: Spaceflight Now.

SpaceX is preparing to set a new rocket reuse record with its planned Sunday Starlink flight.

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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch Starshield satellites for the NRO on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands in the launch position during sunset at Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Image: SpaceX

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is preparing to launch its ninth mission supporting its so-called proliferated architecture satellite constellation using a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

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