News Archive / Missions

• Crawling before launch: NASA evaluates new robotic crawlerway grader

  Theresa CrossJuly 29th, 2022

  Before NASA’s crawler-transporter can move the Space Launch System to the launch pad, the “crawlerway” road it travels on needs to be properly prepared.

• SpaceX Falcon 9 launches 5th Starlink mission this month

  Theresa CrossJuly 24th, 2022

  SpaceX's Falcon 9 sent another batch of Starlink internet satellites into orbit in a beautiful Sunday morning launch from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

• Cosmonaut to fly aboard SpaceX Crew-5 Dragon in September

  Theresa CrossJuly 22nd, 2022

  SpaceX is targeting late September for the Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station, which will see the first Russian cosmonaut fly aboard Dragon.

• SpaceX selected to launch Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

  Cullen DesforgesJuly 22nd, 2022

  NASA has selected SpaceX to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket in October of 2026.

• Artemis on the move: What it takes to get SLS to the pad

  Theresa CrossJuly 21st, 2022

  With tentative launch dates penciled in for the Artemis 1 mission, what does it take to get the SLS rocket from the assembly building to the launch pad?

• Artemis 1 SLS mission gets preliminary launch date

  Derek RichardsonJuly 20th, 2022

  NASA has preliminarily selected Aug. 29, 2022, for the Artemis 1 test flight of the Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft.

• SpaceX ties annual launch record with latest Starlink mission

  Theresa CrossJuly 17th, 2022

  SpaceX launched its 31st Falcon 9 rocket of 2022, tying its annual flight record set just last year -- and it's only July.

• Astronaut-cosmonaut crew seat exchange deal finalized

  Derek RichardsonJuly 15th, 2022

  A crew seat exchange deal has been formalized by NASA and Roscosmos and should see a Russian cosmonaut fly in Crew Dragon in September.

• SpaceX CRS-25 Dragon launches with fresh space station supplies

  Theresa CrossJuly 14th, 2022

  SpaceX launched its 25th resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA when its Falcon 9 rocket lofted the CRS-25 Dragon capsule into orbit.

• Two super-Earth exoplanets to be among future Webb targets

  Laurel KornfeldJuly 13th, 2022

  Scientists have identified two relatively close super-Earth exoplanets to be studied by the now operational James Webb Space Telescope.

• James Webb Space Telescope shows universe in unprecedented detail

  Theresa CrossJuly 12th, 2022

  Witness the imaging power of this fully calibrated and operational James Webb Space Telescope! NASA releases the observatory's first science photos.

• First Webb telescope image gets presidential treatment

  Derek RichardsonJuly 11th, 2022

  President Joe Biden got the honor of revealing the first full-color image from the James Webb Space Telescope during an event at the White House.

• 53 more Starlink satellites launched by SpaceX Falcon 9

  Theresa CrossJuly 7th, 2022

  SpaceX launched its 48th dedicated Starlink mission to orbit, adding 53 satellites to the company’s ever-growing internet constellation.

• Gallery: Space Launch System returns to VAB for Artemis 1 preps

  Derek RichardsonJuly 6th, 2022

  After a successful wet dress rehearsal, NASA rolled the massive Space Launch System rocket back to the Vehicle Assembly Building to prepare for Artemis 1.

• UPDATE: Contact with CAPSTONE re-established

  Derek RichardsonJuly 5th, 2022

  NASA’s CAPSTONE spacecraft, designed to pave the way for the Artemis program’s Lunar Gateway outpost, has “experienced communications issues.”

• NASA’s CAPSTONE pathfinder mission launched toward the Moon

  Theresa CrossJune 28th, 2022

  A small CubeSat called CAPSTONE is on its way to the Moon to evaluate a special orbit destined to be used for NASA’s Lunar Gateway space station.

• The People of Artemis: Jose Perez Morales

  Scott JohnsonJune 26th, 2022

  At the first rollout of NASA's Space Launch System rocket, Spaceflight Insider spoke with several people involved with the program -- The People of Artemis.

• Psyche asteroid mission will miss its 2022 launch window

  Cullen DesforgesJune 25th, 2022

  Citing testing delays, NASA has made the decision to postpone the highly anticipated Psyche mission to the metal-rich asteroid of the same name.

• Space Launch System to roll back to VAB to prepare for launch

  Theresa CrossJune 25th, 2022

  After analyzing data from the June 20 wet dress rehearsal, NASA has made the decision to begin the process of preparing the Space Launch System rocket for its maiden flight.

• Falcon 9 booster flies record-breaking 13th mission

  Theresa CrossJune 17th, 2022

  Launching for the 13th time, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lofted another batch of Starlink internet satellites into low Earth orbit.