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SpaceX is getting ready for its second Falcon 9 mission of the day. Following the successful launch of a four-member crew to the International Space Station early Saturday, it will send 22 second-generation Starlink satellites into orbit at 9:05 p.m. EDT (0105 UTC).

A SpaceX Falcon 9 liftoff with an international crew riding aboard a Dragon capsule on Aug. 26, 2023. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now.Running a day late, a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying a NASA commander, a Danish co-pilot, a Japanese astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut rocketed into orbit early Saturday and set off after the International Space Station for a six-month tour of duty.

Our live broadcast of the Crew 7 launch starts at 10:45 p.m. EDT (0245 UTC). Watch live views of the Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon at the Kennedy Space Center in our 24-7 Launch Pad Live stream.

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Rocket Lab launched its 40th Electron mission Wednesday, Aug. 23, after a switch to a recoverable rocket, which was fitted for the first time with a previously-flown engine. The rocket lifted off from the company’s privately-owned spaceport on the North Island of New Zealand, carrying a radar-imaging satellite, at 7:45 p.m. EDT (11:45 a.m. NZST on the 24th / 2345 UTC).

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File photo of a supply ship approaching the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now

A Russian Progress cargo ship is scheduled to blast off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Tuesday carrying supplies and equipment to the International Space Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 9:08 p.m. EDT (0108 UTC).

An upcoming player in the space tourism game offered a look inside their Florida manufacturing site as they continue to ramp up towards customer flights in 2024. Space Perspective is offering a balloon-based opportunity for customers to experience the overview effect in a manner less jarring than launching aboard a rocket or a space plane.

A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on SpaceX’s 100th Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX.

After delays caused by Hurricane Hilary, SpaceX launched its 100th Starlink mission on Tuesday. A Falcon 9 carrying 21 second-generation Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 2:37 a.m. PDT (5:37 a.m. EDT / 0937 UTC).

A SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon Endurance capsule stand ready on pad 39A for the Crew 7 mission. Image: NASA.

NASA, SpaceX and its international partners meet at the Kennedy Space Center on Monday and gave the go ahead for the launch of the seventh operational Crew Dragon mission to the space station.

The crew members for the next space station mission pose for photographers after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center on August 20, 2023. From left to right: Mission Specialist Konstantin Borisov, Pilot Andreas Mogensen, Commander Jasmin Moghbeli, and Mission Specialist Satoshi Furukawa. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now.

The next four crew members bound for a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station flew to the Kennedy Space Center Sunday to prepare for launch early Friday atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

An animation depicts the Luna 25 probe in orbit above the Moon’s surface. Image: Roscomos.

Russia’s first mission to the Moon for nearly 50 years ended in failure when the Luna 25 spacecraft crashed onto the surface, the Russian space agency Roscomos said Sunday.

A Falcon 9 lifts off from Cape Canaveral on Aug. 16, carrying 22 Starlink satellites. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now.

A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral late Wednesday carrying 22 Starlink satellites but a launch from California scheduled for just hours later was delayed, dashing SpaceX’s plans for back-to-back launches for its broadband internet service.

File photo of SpaceX’s Starlink V2 Mini satellites inside a payload processing facility at Cape Canaveral. Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX will launch Starlink missions from launch pads on the east and west coast in the overnight hours from Wednesday into Thursday. The back-to-back Falcon 9 launches will be the 99th and 100th dedicated Starlink missions.

NASA’s Mobile Launcher begins its journey from the park site near the Vehicle Assembly Building to launch pad 39B. Image: NASA.

The launch tower supporting the first three Artemis moon missions was back on the move for the first time Wednesday after more than half a year of repairs and upgrades.

Russia is about to launch its first robotic mission to the moon since 1976. The Luna 25 spacecraft, also known as the Luna-Glob-Lander is scheduled to liftoff at 7:10 p.m. EDT (2310 UTC).

Updated 3:05 p.m. EDT (1905 UTC): New launch time.

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