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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. How Starship’s Tower Catches Super Heavy: Flight 5 and After

    Mission: 2024Published: 1 Nov 2026

    This explainer covers how SpaceX catches its Super Heavy booster with the launch tower's two arms instead of landing it on legs.

    View mission: Starship Flight 5 (2024)
    Launch site
    Starbase, South Texas
    Outcome
    Success

  4. 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.

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Starship Flight 14: Sun Transit, Booster Descent and FTS Blast

    Mission: 2026Published: 2 Oct 2026

    A narrated compilation of fan and team camera footage and audio from Starship Flight 14, including a sun transit, an updraft along the rocket's path, a single Raptor shutting down, stage separation,…

    View mission: Starship Flight 14 (2026)

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. Starliner 1 and 2: NASA and Boeing Detail Fixes and 2028 Crew Flight

    Published: 28 Sep 2026

    NASA and Boeing leaders held a news conference at Kennedy Space Center on Starliner's return to flight.

    View mission: Starliner 1
    Vehicle
    Atlas V, Starliner, Vulcan

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. Starship Ship 40: Towing a Floating Rocket Across the Indian Ocean

    Published: 18 Sep 2026

    SpaceX traces its reusability work from Grasshopper and the first Falcon 9 landing to a Starship that stayed afloat in the Indian Ocean after its flight.

    Outcome
    Success

  16. Starship 40 Reaches Christmas Island: Damage and the Trip Home

    Mission: 2026Published: 23 Aug 2026

    Scott Manley reports that Starship number 40 was towed to Christmas Island after about three weeks in the Indian Ocean following its flight.

    View mission: Starship Flight 13 (2026)
    Vehicle
    Starship

  17. Starship Flight 13: Pad Abort Cause and 20 Starlink V3 Satellites

    Mission: 2026Published: 25 Jul 2026

    Livestream of SpaceX's Starship Flight 13, the second flight of the V3 vehicle, from Starbase pad two with Booster 20 and Ship 40.

    View mission: Starship Flight 13 (2026)
    Launch site
    Starbase, Texas

  18. Starship Flight 13: Booster Splashdown and Ship Orbit Insertion

    Mission: 2026Published: 24 Jul 2026

    SpaceX launched Starship's 13th test flight from Starbase in South Texas on July 24, 2026.

    View mission: Starship Flight 13 (2026)
    Launch site
    Starbase, South Texas

  19. Starship Flight 13 Scrub: Booster Abort at Startup on Pad 2

    Mission: 2026Published: 16 Jul 2026

    Everyday Astronaut's livestream of Starship Flight 13, the second flight of Starship V3, which was to carry 20 Starlink V3 satellites on a suborbital trajectory.

    View mission: Starship Flight 13 (2026)
    Launch site
    Starbase, Texas (Pad 2)

  20. Starship Flight 12: Inside the Final Days Before the First V3

    Published: 13 Jul 2026

    SpaceX's documentary follows engineers through the final days before the first Starship V3 flight, Flight 12.

    View mission: Starship Flight 12
    Launch site
    Starbase

  21. Starship Flight 12: First V3 Launch, Booster Loss and Engine Out

    Published: 23 May 2026

    Live coverage of Starship Flight 12, the first flight of a Starship version 3 vehicle from the new pad 2, with commentary from Tim Dodd and the SpaceX webcast.

    View mission: Starship Flight 12
    Launch site
    Starbase, Texas

  22. Starship Flight 12: Countdown to the First V3 Launch from Pad 2

    Published: 22 May 2026

    Everyday Astronaut hosts a live stream ahead of Starship Flight 12, the first flight of Starship version 3 from the new pad 2 at Starbase.

    View mission: Starship Flight 12
    Launch site
    Starbase, Texas

  23. Starship V3 Flight 12: Pad 2, Raptor 3, Booster 19 and Ship 39

    Published: 20 May 2026

    An overview of what is new on SpaceX's first Starship V3 launch, Flight 12: Pad 2 at Starbase, Raptor 3 engines, Booster 19 and Ship 39.

    View mission: Starship Flight 12
    Launch site
    Starbase

  24. Apollo 1: How a Pure Oxygen Cabin Fire Killed Three Astronauts

    Mission: 1967Published: 23 Dec 2025

    On January 27, 1967, Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger B.

    View mission: Apollo 1 (1967)
    Outcome
    Failure