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  1. Photo: U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Spencer Contreras / Public domain

    Bandwagon-5

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  2. Photo: SpaceX / CC0

    CRS-35

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  3. Photo: NASA Kennedy Space Center / NASA/John Kraus / Public domain

    SpaceX CRS-35

    The last two roll-out solar arrays for the space station

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    SpaceX's 35th commercial resupply mission launched an uncrewed cargo Dragon on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral on 13 October 2026, carrying more than 6,000 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station. Among it were the final two iROSA roll-out solar arrays.

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  4. Photo: U.S. Space Force photo by Gwendolyn Kurzen / Public domain

    Starlink 15-25

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  5. Photo: U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Alyssa Bankston / Public domain

    Crew-13

    Dragon Grace takes over the station crew

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    Crew-13 launched on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 on 1 October 2026 in the Dragon Grace capsule, carrying Jessica Watkins, Luke Delaney, Joshua Kutryk and cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov to the International Space Station. NASA said the capsule was on course to dock in under eight hours, a record pace for Dragon.

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  6. Photo: U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Alyssa Bankston / Public domain

    SpaceX Crew-13

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  7. Photo: Osunpokeh / CC BY-SA 4.0

    Starship Flight 14

    The first Starship to reach orbit

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    Starship Flight 14 lifted off from Starbase in South Texas on 28 September 2026 with Booster 21 and Ship 41, and the ship reached orbit for the first time. It deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites, all of which made contact, and then came back to a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

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  8. Owlright, Owlright, Owlright

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  9. Photo: NASA Kennedy Space Center / Rocket Lab / Public domain

    Owl By The Dozen

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  10. Photo: NASA / Public domain

    Progress 96

    A Russian cargo ship, and a three-day chase to the station

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    Progress 96 was an uncrewed Russian cargo ship that launched on a Soyuz 2.1b from Baikonur on 16 September 2026 with 2.8 tons of food, fuel and supplies for the International Space Station. It docked to the Poisk module on 19 September, two minutes ahead of schedule, after a three-day, 49-orbit rendezvous.

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  11. FLEX and Sentinel-3C

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    • Vega C Launches FLEX and Sentinel-3C on a Shared Flight

      A Vega C rocket lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana carrying ESA's FLEX satellite and the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite, using the new Vespa Plus R adapter to deliver them to…

      Published 15 Sep 2026

  12. The Lightning God Defends

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