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Lia De La Cruz
Launches: SpaceX Starlink launches for September
SpaceX's next Starlink launch, Starlink Group 4-35, will take flight at 23:32 UTC on September 24, 2022, from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
September 23, 2022
Starlink travels in ‘trains’ across our night skies
Have you seen a long line of lights in the sky like a train? If so, you're probably looking at SpaceX Starlink satellites. Read more here and see images.
September 12, 2022
Launches: SpaceX wraps up Starlink launches for August
SpaceX had five Starlink launches scheduled for August 2022. Starlink Group 3-4 took flight today, August 31, from the Vandenberg SFB in California.
August 30, 2022
Space
Launches and spaceflight updates: Week of August 8, 2022
Looking for this week’s Launches blog? Click here. EarthSky’s Launches blog, with Dave Adalian and Lia De La Cruz, brings...
August 8, 2022
Space
Launches and spaceflight updates: Week of August 1, 2022
Launches updates for the week of August 1, 2022: South Korea launches its first moon mission, Elon Musk hints at a date for Starship, and more.
August 1, 2022
Space
Launches and spaceflight updates: Week of July 25, 2022
China launched an unknown payload on Friday (July 29, 2022). An uncontrolled re-entry was planned, for the 2nd time this month.
July 25, 2022
Launches and spaceflight updates for week of July 18, 2022
Launches and spaceflight updates for the week of July 18, 2022. Pop band goes to space. Will Artemis 1 launch on August 29? SpaceX breaks a record. Buzz Aldrin sells moon memorabilia.
July 18, 2022
July 22 Starlink launch: success!
SpaceX has five Starlink launches scheduled for the month of July 2022. Watch the fourth one that took place at 1:39 p.m. EDT on July 22.
July 15, 2022
Blue Origin’s NS-21 space tourism launch: Watch here June 4
Watch the launch of Blue Origin's NS-21 mission featuring the youngest-ever American woman to go to space - here.
June 3, 2022
SpaceX’s Crew-4 launch postponed due to weather
The launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Crew-4 astronauts to the International Space Station has been postponed due to weather.
April 22, 2022
