New University of AstroForge paper is now live. Matthew Gialich lays out key considerations when defining a mission and the corresponding structural spacecraft requirements. In other words: this is how we're constructing Vestri to survive launch and beyond. astroforge.com/updates-collec…

There are 2 X-37B vehicles, launching today is Vehicle 1. It debuted on OTV-1 in 2010, and flew OTV-3 in 2012. It was skipped for OTV-5, presumably because it was being modified to fly with a service module. It flew again on OTV-6 in 2020. In total it spend 1809 days in space.

France has granted Avio a ten-year licence to launch Vega rockets from the Guiana Space Centre, marking another step on the company’s road to full independence from Arianespace. europeanspaceflight.com/france-grants-…

Today's launch of Angara-1.2 from Site 35/1 of Plesetsk cosmodrome

Higher quality footage from TASS

Some pre-launch photos from the Ministry of Defence

From NASA Marshall to NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The final piece of the rocket for NASA's Artemis II mission has arrived in Florida. The Orion stage adapter, used to connect the SLS upper stage to the Orion spacecraft, will soon be stacked on the rocket. Up next: go.nasa.gov/4lFdEFw

Trajectory of tonight's USSF-36 launch (X-37B soaceplane mission OTV 8) into a 49.5 degree inclined Low Earth Orbit.

Super Heavy booster moved to the launch pad at Starbase ahead of Starship's tenth flight test

The TOMEX+ sounding rocket mission is now targeting no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 24, for the first launch attempt due to high sea states in the recovery area from Hurricane Erin. go.nasa.gov/4fKNOyx

But the roll-out of the LM-8A to Wenchang’s Commercial LC-1 is no small fanfare - there’s a large parade of staff pulling out every single CCP Party flags on display for some reason. Something that can only be seen in China these days! Via m.weibo.cn/detail/5199996…:

Late nights with Falcon 9, OTV-8 and an RTLS. The U.S. Space Force’s X-37B spaceplane is in space again.

[Press Release] Launch Schedule of New unmanned cargo transfer spacecraft1（HTV-X1） aboard the 7th H3 Launch Vehicle (H3 F7) #JAXA global.jaxa.jp/press/2025/08/…

BTW F6, the H3-30 light variant (3 first stage engines instead of usual 2, no SRBs) demo flight has now been delayed till after HTV-X1 launches.

Live: Falcon 9 CRS SpX-33 Launch (No Commentary) youtube.com/watch?v=rARlCf…

Falcon 9 first stage burnout and shutdown

GS2 serial number 3 at the pad for hot fire. Good to see the lightning arrester towers working as designed…

Close-up pic of the Tianlong-3 first stage. The white smoke-like thing is not the venting smoke, just some plastic cover. The RP-1 tanker is at bottom, white smoke should come out at top if they were loading Lox.

US Space Force has cataloged an additional payload, LIMASAT, associated with OTV-8. The orbit is secret but likely close to the 327 x 334 km x 49.5 deg of the OTV. LIMASAT is most likely a small satellite (10 to 50 kg range) ejected from OTV payload bay during first few orbits.

LAUNCH at 0610 UTC Aug 22 of the suborbital FT-3R hypersonic missile test from Kodiak to Kwajalein, using a Trident C-4 stage 1 and Pegasus upper stages