SpaceX launched 27 Starlink internet satellites into low Earth orbit atop a Falcon 9 rocket from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on September 6, 2026.
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has resumed science operations using two of its three instruments after commercial orbital rescue plans were abandoned.
SpaceX’s veteran Falcon 9 first-stage booster, designated B1067, has completed its 36th flight and landing after launching 29 Starlink satellites on 9 July 2026.
NASA has called off its $30 million rescue mission to save the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory after the private Katalyst Space Technologies spacecraft suffered disabling control … Read more