Spaceflight Daily

SPACEFLIGHT DAILY, 3rd July 2026

NASA launches a daring rescue mission to raise the Swift observatory's orbit, while Japanese company BULL lower a satellite's orbit on purpose.

SPACEFLIGHT DAILY, 2nd July 2026

Atlas V launches on its last ever satellite delivery mission, Swift Boost is delayed yet again, and European scientists call for research into the environmental impacts of satellite re-entry.

SPACEFLIGHT DAILY, 1st July 2026

Ship 40 completes engine testing ahead of Starship Flight 13, China launches an oceanography satellite, and SpaceX launches another batch of Starlinks.

SPACEFLIGHT DAILY, 30th June 2026

ISS astronauts spacewalk to replace a faulty Canadarm component, NASA announces four more Moon landers, Starliner faces certification problems, and work continues to rebuild the New Glenn pad.

SPACEFLIGHT DAILY, 29th June 2026

Rocket Lab announce they are acquiring Iridium Communications for $8bn, LandSpace perform a static fire test of the reusable Zhuque-3 rocket, and the ISS astronauts prepare for tomorrow's spacewalk.

SPACEFLIGHT DAILY, 27th & 28th June 2026

NASA faces two critical reports from its Office of Inspector General this week regarding launch infrastructure at Kennedy and the ballooning costs of cancelled hardware, and SpaceX launches SXM-11 and another batch of Starlinks over the weekend.

SPACEFLIGHT DAILY, 26th June 2026

NASA tests a new coupling device for refuelling spacecraft, the Swift Boost mission prepares for takeoff, and Rocket Lab launch a radar imaging satellite for Synspective's StriX constellation.

SPACEFLIGHT DAILY, 25th June 2026

TESS discovers the puffiest exoplanet ever, SpaceX's Ship 40 performs a static fire test, and Botswana signs the Artemis Accords.

SPACEFLIGHT DAILY, 24th June 2026

Japan's Hayabusa 2 probe captures its first images of asteroid Torifune ahead of its flyby next month, Space Shuttle Endeavour goes vertical for a new exhibit at the California Science Center, and SpaceX launch another batch of Starlinks.

SPACEFLIGHT DAILY, 23rd June 2026

Rocket Lab releases footage of the secretive Victus Haze Puma launch, Ship 40 rolls out at Starbase to begin its testing campaign ahead of Flight 13, and SpaceX debuts their new Starfall cargo return vehicle.

SPACEFLIGHT DAILY, 22nd June 2026

Astronomers discover instellar comet 3I/ATLAS is 12 billion years old, China's secret spaceplane deploys a payload in orbit, ISS astronauts prepare for next week's spacewalk, and cosmonaut Abdul Ahad Momand passes away at 67.

SPACEFLIGHT DAILY, 20th & 21st June 2026

An Electron launches a secret rendezvous mission for the US Space Force, SpaceX launches a routine Starlink mission, and the Roman Space Telescope arrives at Kennedy ready for launch in August.

SPACEFLIGHT DAILY, 19th June 2026

Students from Tsinghua University in China announce a mission to study the near-Earth asteroid Apophis, ESA provide some details on the drop-test campaign for their new cargo spaceplane, and a Falcon 9 launches a batch of secret spy satellites.

SPACEFLIGHT DAILY, 18th June 2026

NASA announces its DAPHNE mission to study weather in the ionosphere, Blue Origin begins pad repairs following last month's explosion, the Artemis III crew begin training, and former cosmonaut Aleksandr Samokutyaev passes away at 56.

SPACEFLIGHT DAILY, 17th June 2026

Relativity Space announce a private Mars orbiter, Perseverance rover completes its first marathon on the red planet, and AST SpaceMobile and Amazon expand their satellite networks.

SPACEFLIGHT DAILY - 16th June 2026

Cargo Dragon undocks from the International Space Station, the Space Force demolishes the old launch towers at SLC-6, and three different Chinese rockets take off from three different spaceports in one day.