On This Day, 2020: Six years ago today, a Falcon 9 launched from Pad 40 at Cape Canaveral carrying 58 Starlink satellites and three Planet Labs Earth-imaging satellites, the first Starlink rideshare mission and a new record at the time for the fastest turnaround between launches from the same pad. The pre-dawn liftoff created a twilight spectacle.

One day after our Delta IV Heavy retrospective, ULA news: the first Vulcan dedicated to Amazon’s Leo constellation is now stacking in a brand new facility, debuting a new LEO-optimized Centaur stage. Meanwhile Atlas V Leo 8 launches July 3 from Cape Canaveral. The transition continues. wereportspace.com/blog/a-day…

SpaceX Starlink 10-54 launch wereportspace.com/blog/space…

Ten years ago today a Delta IV Heavy lifted off from Cape Canaveral carrying NROL-37. One of the most visually spectacular rockets ever to fly from the Space Coast. The program ended in April 2024. Its replacement, Vulcan Centaur, has had a rocky start but is now certified and has a big Amazon Kuiper launch coming this September. We were there. wereportspace.com/blog/ten-y…

Artemis III Crew Announced Read: wereportspace.com/blog/artem…

The Zvezda service module transfer tunnel, known as PrK, has suffered from cracks and leaks for some time, and has been mitigated by Roscosmos as much as possible to date. The cracks have always been a concern that NASA watches very closely. NASA and Roscosmos have been working to determine the root cause of the cracks, and Roscosmos manages the issue through operational mitigation measures and periodic partial-repair efforts.

Following new leaks, Roscosmos has elected to proceed with a more extensive repair operation on Friday, June 5. Out of an abundance of caution, NASA has directed all four of the agency's SpaceX Crew-12 members and NASA astronaut Chris Williams to assume an elevated safety posture in the Dragon spacecraft while the repair is underway.

We continue to work with our Russian counterparts, along with the rest of the international community that supports the space station, to arrive at a more permanent resolution.

The Eastern Range / @SLDelta45 is open for business: At 8:57am (ET) Friday, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink satellites to orbit. This was the view from Titusville, 1:24 in flight, as the rocket passed in front of the Sun. (Bonus: shockwaves!)

At 7:48 a.m. ET Monday, Memorial Day, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink satellites to orbit. This was the view from Titusville 60 seconds into the flight, as the rocket passed in front of the Sun with a hint of vapor cone around the payload.

Dreamy Space Coast morning view as SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket at 6:04am (ET), seen here over the Banana River from Merritt Island, Florida. Bonus: Space jellyfish = confirmed

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While you were sleeping (probably): At 2:53am (ET) Tuesday, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket sending the GPS III SV10 satellite to space. This is the last in the 32 satellite constellation. This was the view over the Indian River from the Eau Gallie Causeway in Melbourne, FL.

Liftoff, New Glenn! (volume up) At 7:25am (ET) Sunday, Blue Origin launched the BlueBird Block 2 FM2 mission from LC-36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This was captured from the the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse with a @GoPro on a timer, left the day before.

Blue Origin twice flown (and now twice recovered) New Glenn rocket and its seven BE-4 rocket engines pushing out ~3.85 million pounds of thrust as it left the pad Sunday morning.

Liftoff!! At 7:25am (ET) Sunday, Blue Origin launched the BlueBird Block 2 FM2 mission from LC-36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. They used a previously flown New Glenn booster, and again (!) successfully recovered it. 🤯 This was the view from a packed Jetty Park.

SpaceX Starlink 10-24 launch at 5:33am Tuesday from the Space Coast. Downrange space jellyfish: ☑️ Booster re-entry burn: ☑️ Light column (above the pad): ☑️ Much of the east coast would have had an amazing view of the jelly, well-predicted by @spacejellyalert.

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🚀 ☀️ At 7:41am (ET) Saturday, #SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket sending the CRS NG-24 mission to space, a @northropgrumman Cygnus spacecraft carrying supplies for the ISS. This was the view from Titusville as it transited the recently risen Sun. Captured with a @canonusa R5 and RF100-500L 1.4x TC with a solar filter. It was ~40 mins after sunrise and already very bright.

Liftoff!! At 7:41am (ET) Saturday, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket sending the CRS NG-24 mission to space, a @northropgrumman Cygnus spacecraft carrying supplies for the ISS. This was the view from Titusville as it transited the recently risen Sun.

On this date, 10 years ago: SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying supplies for the International Space Station, the CRS-8 mission. The was the first booster to successfully land on a drone ship. In the time since, SpaceX has had over 600 successful booster recoveries.

Artemis II liftoff: cell phone video, kept running for the sound, which is…wow, just, wow. Sorry, I didn’t pan up; this was a last minute decision and I propped it on a still camera. I’m actually surprised the vibrations didn’t knock it to the ground.