A ULA Vulcan on the pad before its first—and, so far, only—launch of the year in February. (credit: ULA) By Jeff Foust, Published by The Space Review, 17 August 2026 Last month, Cambridge University researchers published a study hailing a breakthrough in access to orbit. Launch costs, they argued, were
SpaceX's first orbital Starship SN20 is stacked atop its massive Super Heavy Booster 4 at the company's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on February 10, 2022. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) By Jeff Foust, Published by Space News, 29 July 2026 WASHINGTON — The
A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off Feb. 21 2022 carrying 46 Starlink satellites. Credit: Space Launch Delta 45 Published by Voronoiapp, 3 June 2026 What We're Showing The race for space launches is accelerating fast, and the U.S. is pulling far ahead of every other nation. In 2025, the United
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, February 6, 2018. With rocket launches increasing, there are calls for more research and cooperation on managing their environmental impact. By Leonard David, Published by Space News, 2 June 2026 Experts call for an end
An oil rig in the Gulf Of Mexico as seen from Gulf Shores, Alabama. (Jim Julien/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) By Michael Peck, Published by Air Force Times, 18 May 2026 The U.S. Air Force is looking to repurpose offshore oil rigs into landing platforms to recover rocket boosters
Explosion demolishes part of the Soyuz launch infrastructure at the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana, April 2026. (Source: DW) By Ivan Khomenko, Published by United24, 25 April 2026 The European Space Agency (ESA) has dismantled key elements of the launch complex used for Russian Soyuz-ST rockets at the Kourou spaceport
The Esrange in Arctic Sweden has been the launch site for sub-orbital rockets. Photograph: Mattias Forsberg/SSC By Adrienne Murray & James Brooks, Published by The BBC, 24 February 2026 It's 04:00 on a snow-covered hill in Swedish Lapland, 120 miles (200km) north of the Arctic Circle. A countdown echoes from
A Falcon 9 rocket launches the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle into space in August 2025. Dynamic space operations requires more than rapid launch and repositioning and ultimately encompasses every aspect of the U.S. space enterprise. Gwendolyn Kurzen Published by Air and Space Forces, 6 February 2026 To prevail in space,
