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As Ship 35 Static Fires, SpaceX has a Fleet a Vehicles Getting Ready for Flight

1 week ago | nasaspaceflight.com | Ryan Weber

1 SpaceX continues to build and test Starships, with a current fleet of four boosters undergoes refurbishment and testing, along with numerous Ships. Flight 9 might be only a few weeks away, with Ship 35 having completed engine testing; however, it might not have been a nominal test. ShipsShip 35 finished stacking in early February of this year. With the failures of Ship 33 and Ship 34, SpaceX has spent extra time preparing this Ship for flight.
ESA's Biomass mission to launch aboard Vega-C

2 weeks ago | nasaspaceflight.com | William Graham

3 The European Space Agency’s seventh Earth Explorer mission, Biomass, will launch Tuesday aboard an Arianespace Vega-C rocket. Biomass, which will study Earth’s forests and their impact on the planet’s climate, is due to lift off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 09:15 UTC (6:15 AM local time). The Earth Explorer missions are part of the Living Planet Programme (LPP), managed by the Earth Observation Programmes Directorate of the European Space Agency (ESA).
Starship program laying groundwork for huge facilities in Texas and Florida

3 weeks ago | nasaspaceflight.com | Ryan Weber

1 SpaceX is busy creating launch and production capacity for the future of its Starship program, focusing on huge Gigabays at both Starbase in Texas and Roberts Road in Florida. To cater for this future production cadence, SpaceX’s launch sites for Starship are also a focus of its attention, with the second pad at Starbase making solid progress, while activity at the Starship site at KSC’s 39A is now in full swing.
Fram2 crew discuss first human mission to orbit Earth's poles

1 month ago | nasaspaceflight.com | Sawyer Rosenstein

5 The first four humans to orbit Earth’s poles are sharing their experiences from their historic mission. In a discussion with NSF, the crew of Fram2 provided insight into their groundbreaking mission and what it’s like to view Earth from polar orbit. On March 31, 2025, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with the Crew Dragon Resilience on top.
Booster 14 Completes Milestone Static Fire Ahead of Flight 9

1 month ago | nasaspaceflight.com | Ryan Weber

1 SpaceX has now completed the first-ever static fire of a flown Super Heavy Booster, Booster 14, which is set to fly on Flight 9. Ship 35, which is also set to fly on Flight 9, is expected to be the next milestone ahead of flight, as it waits to complete engine testing at Masseys. Booster 14 Static FireOn April 1, SpaceX rolled Booster 14 out to the launch site and placed it on Orbital Launch Pad A.
SpaceX Continues Progress on Next Generation Facilities

1 month ago | nasaspaceflight.com | Ryan Weber

1 With the downtime between Flight 8 and Flight 9, SpaceX is continuing to build Orbital Launch Pad B and has started the demolition of High Bay. Pad B is SpaceX’s next-generation Orbital Launch Pad, while the demolition of High Bay will make way for Gigabay, the next-generation construction and servicing facility. Orbital Pad BSpaceX has continued progressing on Orbital Launch Pad B over the past few weeks.
Crew-9, Starliner CFT astronauts returning to Earth aboard Crew Dragon

1 month ago | nasaspaceflight.com | Sawyer Rosenstein

4 After more than nine months in space, the crew of the Boeing Crew Flight Test mission are ready to return home. Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams boarded SpaceX Crew Dragon C212 Freedom and undocked from the International Space Station on March 17, and are set to splash down off the coast of Florida on March 18.
Dream Chaser completes more pre-flight milestones

1 month ago | nasaspaceflight.com | Sawyer Rosenstein

4 Testing continues ahead of the first flight of Dream Chaser. The so-called “mini shuttle” will be the first spacecraft to dock to the International Space Station (ISS) and then land back at the Launch and Landing Facility (LLF), formerly the Shuttle Landing Facility, since the retirement of the Space Shuttle program in 2011. Tenacity, the first Dream Chaser flight vehicle, will fly cargo missions to the ISS under the Commercial Resupply Services-2 round of NASA contracts.
SpaceX press on with pre-launch testing while working Ship issue mitigation

2 months ago | nasaspaceflight.com | Ryan Weber

1 SpaceX continues to press on with pre-flight testing for Flight 9, while internally looking to resolve issues with the Ship that has resulted in the loss of the first two Block 2 vehicles. Ship 35 and Booster 16 – the potential pairing for Flight 9 – have been cryotested at the Masseys test site. Booster 15 As was the outcome of Flight 7, the only successful part of Flight 8 was the Booster.
Relativity Space makes significant progress on Terran R; flight hardware in production

2 months ago | nasaspaceflight.com | Sawyer Rosenstein

5 Relativity Space has announced significant progress with their Terran R reusable launch vehicle. In a newly released video, the company says they are set to have the vehicle’s primary structure completed this year, with a full vehicle assembled for launch in 2026. Terran R is also anticipating reuse early in the program, with the first launch targeting a soft splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean of the first stage, followed by a landing on a floating barge on later flights.