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  1. Challenger STS-51-L: The O-Ring Warning and the 73-Second Flight

    Mission: 1986Published: 2 Nov 2026

    Space Shuttle Challenger, on mission 51-L, lifted off at 11:38 a.m. on January 28, 1986 and broke apart 73 seconds later, killing all seven crew.

    View mission: Challenger STS-51-L (1986)
    Outcome
    Failure
  2. Challenger STS-51-L: O-Rings, Cold and the Overruled Warning

    Mission: 1986Published: 1 Nov 2026

    On January 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after liftoff on mission 51-L, and all seven crew members died.

    View mission: Challenger STS-51-L (1986)
    Outcome
    Failure
  3. Challenger STS-51-L: O-Ring Failure, Cold Launch and Return to Flight

    Mission: 1986Published: 1 Nov 2026

    A documentary on the Challenger accident of January 28, 1986, when the shuttle disintegrated 73 seconds into flight with the loss of all seven astronauts.

    View mission: Challenger STS-51-L (1986)
    Launch site
    Kennedy Space Center
    Outcome
    Failure
  4. Challenger STS-51-L: The Seals, the Cold and 73 Seconds

    Mission: 1986Published: 1 Nov 2026

    A documentary on the Challenger mission 51-L, which lifted off at 11:38 on 28 January 1986 and broke apart 73 seconds later.

    View mission: Challenger STS-51-L (1986)
    Launch site
    Kennedy Space Center
    Outcome
    Failure
  5. Starship Flight 14: How V3 Reached Orbit and Deployed 26 Satellites

    Mission: 2026Published: 1 Nov 2026

    A full engineering breakdown of Starship V3, covering methane propellant, stainless steel, heat shield tiles and Raptor engines.

    View mission: Starship Flight 14 (2026)
    Launch site
    Starbase
    Outcome
    Success
  6. Challenger STS-51-L: The Night Engineers Said Don’t Launch

    Mission: 1986Published: 1 Nov 2026

    Built from the Rogers Commission report and sworn hearing testimony, this film follows the roughly 21 hours from the cold forecast reaching Morton Thiokol on Monday 27 January 1986 to 73 seconds…

    View mission: Challenger STS-51-L (1986)
    Launch site
    Kennedy Space Center
    Outcome
    Failure
  7. Artemis 3 Becomes an Earth-Orbit Rehearsal for Moon Landers

    Published: 1 Nov 2026

    The video describes NASA's revised Artemis 3 plan, announced by Administrator Jared Isaacman on October 23: a crewed Earth-orbit rehearsal in summer 2027 rather than a Moon landing.

    View mission: Artemis III
    Launch site
    Kennedy Space Center
  8. Starship Flight 14: First Orbit and 26 Starlink V3 Satellites

    Mission: 2026Published: 1 Nov 2026

    Starship Flight 14 lifted off from Starbase on September 28, 2026, reached orbit for the first time and deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites, all of which made contact.

    View mission: Starship Flight 14 (2026)
    Launch site
    Orbital Launch Pad 2, Starbase, Texas
    Outcome
    Partial success
  9. Starship Flights 1 to 14: How Build-Fly-Fail-Fix Reached Orbit

    Published: 1 Nov 2026

    A retelling of Starship's build-fly-fail-fix test campaign, from the Starhopper hop and the SN prototypes through flights 1 to 14.

  10. Columbia STS-107: Five Failures Behind the Foam Strike on the Wing

    Mission: 2003Published: 1 Nov 2026

    Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart over Texas on 1 February 2003 and all seven astronauts were killed.

    View mission: Columbia STS-107 (2003)
    Outcome
    Failure
  11. Artemis III: Orion Docks With Blue Moon and Starship in Orbit

    Published: 31 Oct 2026

    NASA's reimagined Artemis III is described as a 14-day crewed Earth-orbit mission planned for summer 2027, in which an Orion crew of four docks with a Blue Origin Blue Moon Mark II prototype and a…

    View mission: Artemis III
  12. Artemis 3 Update: Rocket Progress, Landers and the 2028 Plan

    Published: 23 Oct 2026

    NASA leaders at Kennedy Space Center updated progress on assembling the SLS for Artemis 3, a low Earth orbit docking-test mission planned for summer 2027, and on plans for an Artemis 4 crewed lunar…

    View mission: Artemis III
    Launch site
    Kennedy Space Center LC-39B
    Outcome
    In progress
  13. Rocket Lab’s 98th Electron Launch Deploys Three HawkEye 360 Satellites

    Published: 23 Oct 2026

    Rocket Lab launched its 98th Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand on the mission 'We're Not Hawking Around', its third dedicated launch for HawkEye 360.

    View mission: We're Not Hawking Around
    Vehicle
    Electron
    Launch site
    Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Pad A, New Zealand
    Outcome
    Success
  14. Bandwagon-5: Falcon 9 Rideshare Launch With Starfall Capsule

    Mission: 2026Published: 20 Oct 2026

    NASASpaceflight's live webcast of the Falcon 9 launch of Bandwagon-5, SpaceX's 23rd Smallsat Rideshare mission, from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral.

    View mission: Bandwagon-5 (2026)
    Vehicle
    Falcon 9
    Launch site
    Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
  15. Galileo: How Europe Built Its Own Satellite Navigation System

    Published: 15 Oct 2026

    ESA's documentary traces Galileo and EGNOS from the 1990s, when Europe sought independence from GPS, through the GIOVE-A and GIOVE-B test satellites and the first operational launches.

    View mission: Galileo
    Vehicle
    Ariane 5, Soyuz
  16. Starlink 15-25: Falcon 9 B1088 Launch and Landing at Vandenberg

    Mission: 2026Published: 13 Oct 2026

    Live coverage of SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch of 27 Starlink V2 Mini satellites on the Starlink 15-25 mission from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base.

    View mission: Starlink 15-25 (2026)
    Vehicle
    Falcon 9
    Launch site
    Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E), Vandenberg Space Force Base
    Outcome
    Success
  17. Starship Flight 14: Orbit, 26 Starlink V3 Satellites, Early Deorbit

    Mission: 2026Published: 1 Oct 2026

    Starship Flight 14 lifted off at 7:49 a.m.

    View mission: Starship Flight 14 (2026)
    Launch site
    Starbase, Texas
    Outcome
    Success
  18. YES2: How a 31.7 km Tether Was Meant to Drop a Capsule

    Published: 30 Sep 2026

    YES2 (Young Engineers Satellite 2) was a European Space Agency tether experiment carried on the Russian Foton-M3 spacecraft.

    View mission: YES2
    Outcome
    Partial success
  19. Starship Flight 14: First Orbit and Starlink V3 Deployment

    Mission: 2026Published: 29 Sep 2026

    Starship Flight 14, the first V3 launch at dawn, carried 26 Starlink V3 satellites, about 50 metric tons.

    View mission: Starship Flight 14 (2026)
    Launch site
    Starbase, South Texas
    Outcome
    Success
  20. Starship Flight 14: First Orbit, 26 Starlink V3s and an Early Return

    Mission: 2026Published: 29 Sep 2026

    Starship Flight 14 reached orbit on September 28 after a vacuum engine failed on ascent and the team polled go for orbit.

    View mission: Starship Flight 14 (2026)
    Outcome
    Partial success
  21. Starship Flight 14: First Orbit and 26 Starlink V3 Deployed

    Mission: 2026Published: 28 Sep 2026

    Everyday Astronaut's live 4K coverage follows Starship Flight 14, the first attempt to put Starship into orbit, with 26 Starlink V3 satellites aboard.

    View mission: Starship Flight 14 (2026)
    Launch site
    Starbase, Texas
  22. Starship Flight 14: First Orbit and 26 V3 Starlink Satellites

    Mission: 2026Published: 28 Sep 2026

    SpaceX's Starship Flight 14 put the ship into orbit for the first time, 170 miles above the Earth, and deployed 26 V3 Starlink satellites.

    View mission: Starship Flight 14 (2026)
    Outcome
    Success
  23. Electron Launches the 13th StriX Radar Satellite for Synspective

    Mission: 2026Published: 26 Sep 2026

    Rocket Lab's Electron launched from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand with the 13th StriX radar satellite for Synspective.

    View mission: Owlright, Owlright, Owlright (2026)
    Vehicle
    Electron
    Launch site
    Launch Complex 1, Mahia, New Zealand
    Outcome
    Success
  24. Owl By The Dozen: Electron Deploys a 12th StriX Radar Satellite

    Mission: 2026Published: 19 Sep 2026

    Rocket Lab launched Electron from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand on 19 September 2026 with a StriX radar satellite for Synspective.

    View mission: Owl By The Dozen (2026)
    Vehicle
    Electron
    Launch site
    Launch Complex 1, Mahia, New Zealand
    Outcome
    Success