And SpaceX ends coverage of the launch at payload fairing separation, a level of secrecy usually associated with classified missions.

Liftoff!

Watch Falcon 9 launch the European Commission’s Galileo L12 mission to orbit twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

'Due to the additional performance required to deliver the [Galileo] payload to medium Earth orbit, this mission marks the 20th and final launch for this Falcon 9 first stage booster.'

Targeting two Falcon 9 launches from Florida this weekend → spacex.com/launches

Up first, Falcon 9 will launch the European Commission’s Galileo L12 mission on Saturday from pad 39A

Then on Sunday, a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites from pad 40

NASA is working to resume science operations of the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope after it entered safe mode April 23 due to an ongoing gyroscope issue. Hubble’s instruments are stable, and the telescope is in good health.

Read more: go.nasa.gov/3Qk8d28

✅Upper stage firing test
✅Transfer and verticalisation of central core
✅Transfer of the boosters to the launch pad

Next up:
🔜Ariane 6 qualification review results expected in the beginning of May
🔜Payload arrival in Kourou, French Guiana

@ESA, CNES and ArianeGroup are…

Starliner crewed test flight passes key review spacenews.com/starliner-crew…

📢 NEWS: Pics or it didn't happen. Behold, the world’s first image of space debris captured through rendezvous and proximity operations during our ADRAS-J mission. #ShowtheWayADRASJ

astroscale.com/astroscale-unv…

Commercial space station module developer Gravitics wins Space Force contract spacenews.com/commercial-spa…

Space startup True Anomaly cuts workforce spacenews.com/space-startup-… via SpaceNews

NASA just wrapped up a media telecon after the Starliner review. No surprises: go for a May 6 launch, and working only minor issues. Backup launch opportunities May 7, 10, and 11.

Shenzhou-18 successfully docked with Tiangong at 1932 UTC today, following launch from Jiuquan 6.5 hours earlier, China's human spaceflight agency has just announced. mp.weixin.qq.com/s/3NeS1kxfDx0F…

The Flight Test Readiness Review for NASA’s Boeing Space Crew Flight Test mission to the International Space Station has concluded.

Teams are 'go' for launch at 10:34pm ET May 6 from SLC-41.

Tune in at 4:30pm ET for a media teleconference: go.nasa.gov/3UiLaWu

I had the privilege of flying with the #Starliner prime crew to our launch pad today in our amazing T-38 training aircraft. You can see pad 41 and the #ULA ’s Vertical Integration Facility where the mighty #AtlasV and #Boeing ’s Starliner await launch. Go Atlas. Go Centaur.…

.NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than Sunday, April 28, for the Dragon spacecraft's undocking due to unfavorable weather conditions at the splashdown zones. More... go.nasa.gov/3QiEC9e

It's moving day at RFA! 🚚

Our team came together to leave their mark on the first stage of RFA ONE as we sent it on its way to our launch pad at SaxaVord Spaceport UK 🚀