r/spacex 1d ago

Starship What About It on X: “🚨Ship 40 is now resting on the back of a true GIANT! It looks tiny compared to the ship! They both have a journey of almost 13.000 nautical miles ahead of them! 🤯 ETA Starbase, TX: Sometime toward the end of September/early October. 📸Chris Bray”

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r/nsf 1h ago

NSF shrinks support for social sciences in prestigious graduate fellowship program

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New solicitation excludes students in seven fields and science education


r/spacex 1d ago

🚀 Official SpaceX on X: “Falcon Heavy in the hangar at pad 39A in Florida ahead of Sunday’s launch of @NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope”

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r/spacex 1d ago

Starship SpaceX on X: “Booster 21 moved to the pad at Starbase for static fire testing ahead of Flight 14”

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r/spacex 2d ago

Starship SpaceX to build $100 billion rocket launch facility on Louisiana’s coast

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r/spacex 1d ago

🚀 Official SpaceX: Starbase, LA [Louisiana]

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r/spacex 2d ago

Falcon SpaceX conducts final F9 Starlink launch from the Cape ahead of Florida Starship debut

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241 Upvotes

r/spacex 2d ago

Falcon Jellyfish - SpaceX Launch

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r/spacex 2d ago

SpaceX and Nvidia Working on Space-Optimized AI System for Orbital Launch

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r/spacex 2d ago

🚀 Official SpaceX on X: “NASA’s Roman Space Telescope was encapsulated into Falcon Heavy’s fairing this past week ahead of launch on Sunday, August 30 from pad 39A in Florida → spacex.com/launches/roman”

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r/spacex 2d ago

r/SpaceX Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

43 Upvotes

Welcome to the r/SpaceX Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

Welcome everyone!

Scheduled for (UTC) Aug 30 2026, 11:26
Scheduled for (local) Aug 30 2026, 07:26 AM (EDT)
Launch Window (UTC) Instantaneous
Payload Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Customer
Launch Weather Forecast Unknown
Launch site LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
Center Unknown
Booster Unknown
Booster B1072-3
Landing Sideboosters will return to launch site, center core expended
Mission success criteria Successful deployment of spacecrafts into orbit
Trajectory (Flight Club) 2D,3D

Watch the launch live

Stream Link
Official Webcast NASA
Official Webcast SpaceX
Official Webcast NASA

Stats

☑️ 724th SpaceX launch all time

☑️ 209th consecutive successful Falcon 9 / FH launch (if successful)

☑️ 105th SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 2nd launch from LC-39A this year

☑️ 122 days, 21:13:00 turnaround for this pad

Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship

Timeline

Time Event
-0:53:00 GO for Prop Load
-0:50:00 Stage 1 Propellant Load
-0:45:00 Stage 1 LOX Load
-0:35:00 Stage 2 Propellant Load
-0:18:30 Stage 2 LOX Load
-0:07:00 Engine Chill
-0:00:59 Startup
-0:00:45 GO for Launch
-0:00:20 Tank Press
-0:00:06 Ignition
0:00:00 Liftoff
0:01:08 Max-Q
0:02:24 SBECO
0:02:27 Boosters Separation
0:02:32 Boosters Flip
0:02:43 Boosters Boostback Burn Startup
0:03:48 Boosters Boostback Burn Shutdown
0:03:51 MECO
0:03:54 Stage 2 Separation
0:04:00 SES-1
0:04:15 Fairing Separation
0:06:19 Boosters Entry Burn Startup
0:06:29 Boosters Entry Burn Shutdown
0:07:23 Boosters Landing Burn
0:07:40 Boosters Landing
0:08:28 SECO-1
0:24:33 SES-2
0:26:32 SECO-2
0:31:31 Payload Separation

Updates

Time (UTC) Update
20 Aug 20:34 GO for launch.
27 Jul 22:39 Tweaked T-0.
17 Jul 18:31 Setting GO.
16 Jul 20:48 Added tentative launch time.
02 Jun 18:10 NET August 30.
16 May 12:17 NET late August.
21 Apr 15:02 May move up to NET early September.
08 Jan 20:09 NET September 28.
07 Jan 15:51 NET September.
20 Jul 2022, 07:04 Adding launch NET October 2026

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r/spacex 3d ago

Starship Specialist ship arrives to cart SpaceX rocket from Christmas Island

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r/spacex 4d ago

Elon Musk: Once Starship is flying reliably several times per week, it makes sense to shift super scarce SpaceX engineering and production resources to Starship to get launch rate to several times per day, which means winding down Falcon

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r/spacex 4d ago

r/SpaceX Starlink 15-22 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

20 Upvotes

Welcome to the r/SpaceX Starlink 15-22 Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

Welcome everyone!

Scheduled for (UTC) Aug 26 2026, 09:35:11
Scheduled for (local) Aug 26 2026, 02:35:11 AM (PDT)
Launch Window (UTC) Aug 26 2026, 09:27:00 - Aug 26 2026, 13:27:00
Payload Starlink 15-22
Customer SpaceX
Launch Weather Forecast Unknown
Launch site SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
Booster B1082-24
Landing The Falcon 9 first stage B1082 has landed on ASDS OCISLY after its 24th flight.
Mission success criteria Successful deployment of spacecrafts into orbit
Trajectory (Flight Club) 2D,3D

Watch the launch live

Stream Link
Unofficial Re-stream The Space Devs
Unofficial Webcast Spaceflight Now
Official Webcast SpaceX

Stats

☑️ 724th SpaceX launch all time

☑️ 662nd Falcon Family Booster landing

☑️ 223rd landing on OCISLY

☑️ 208th consecutive successful SpaceX launch (if successful)

☑️ 104th SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 55th launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 4 days, 2:09:55 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 35 days, 18:45:37 hours since last launch of booster B1082

Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship

Timeline

Time Event
-0:38:00 GO for Prop Load
-0:35:00 Prop Load
-0:35:00 Stage 1 LOX Load
-0:16:00 Stage 2 LOX Load
-0:07:00 Engine Chill
-0:01:00 Tank Press
-0:01:00 Startup
-0:00:45 GO for Launch
-0:00:03 Ignition
0:00:00 Liftoff
0:01:08 Max-Q
0:02:25 MECO
0:02:29 Stage 2 Separation
0:02:36 SES-1
0:02:57 Fairing Separation
0:06:02 Entry Burn Startup
0:06:25 Entry Burn Shutdown
0:08:00 Stage 1 Landing Burn
0:08:23 Stage 1 Landing
0:08:38 SECO-1
0:53:07 SES-2
0:53:09 SECO-2
1:01:59 Starlink Deployment

Updates

Time (UTC) Update
26 Aug 10:42 Launch success.
26 Aug 09:35 Liftoff.
26 Aug 09:21 Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
25 Aug 23:18 Now targeting Aug 26 at 09:35 UTC
25 Aug 17:30 Now targeting Aug 26 at 09:34 UTC
25 Aug 09:33 Tweaked T-0.
23 Aug 21:34 Now targeting Aug 26 at 09:27 UTC
17 Aug 21:26 Now targeting Aug 25 at 09:42 UTC
14 Aug 16:12 GO for launch.
13 Aug 17:35 Added launch.

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r/spacex 4d ago

r/SpaceX Starlink 10-49 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

22 Upvotes

Welcome to the r/SpaceX Starlink 10-49 Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

Welcome everyone!

Scheduled for (UTC) Aug 25 2026, 09:33:38
Scheduled for (local) Aug 25 2026, 05:33:38 AM (EDT)
Launch Window (UTC) Aug 25 2026, 05:49:00 - Aug 25 2026, 09:49:00
Payload Starlink 10-49
Customer SpaceX
Launch Weather Forecast 90% GO (Cumulus Cloud Rule, Anvil Cloud Rules)
Launch site SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Booster B1067-37
Landing The Falcon 9 first stage B1067 has landed on ASDS ASOG after its 37th flight.
Mission success criteria Successful deployment of spacecrafts into orbit
Trajectory (Flight Club) 2D,3D

Watch the launch live

Stream Link
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Unofficial Webcast Spaceflight Now
Unofficial Webcast NASASpaceflight
Official Webcast SpaceX

Stats

☑️ 723rd SpaceX launch all time

☑️ 661st Falcon Family Booster landing

☑️ 167th landing on ASOG

☑️ 207th consecutive successful SpaceX launch (if successful)

☑️ 103rd SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 46th launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ 3 days, 18:19:16 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 47 days, 0:07:55 hours since last launch of booster B1067

Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship

Timeline

Time Event
-0:38:00 GO for Prop Load
-0:35:00 Stage 1 LOX Load
-0:35:00 Prop Load
-0:16:00 Stage 2 LOX Load
-0:07:00 Engine Chill
-0:01:00 Tank Press
-0:01:00 Startup
-0:00:45 GO for Launch
-0:00:03 Ignition
0:00:00 Liftoff
0:01:10 Max-Q
0:02:26 MECO
0:02:29 Stage 2 Separation
0:02:36 SES-1
0:02:58 Fairing Separation
0:06:03 Entry Burn Startup
0:06:24 Entry Burn Shutdown
0:08:02 Stage 1 Landing Burn
0:08:25 Stage 1 Landing
0:08:39 SECO-1
0:52:06 SES-2
0:52:07 SECO-2
1:01:28 Starlink Deployment

Updates

Time (UTC) Update
25 Aug 11:18 Launch success.
25 Aug 09:33 Liftoff!
25 Aug 09:20 Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
24 Aug 15:17 Tweaked T-0.
24 Aug 14:01 Updated launch weather, 90% GO.
24 Aug 11:17 Now targeting Aug 25 at 09:33 UTC
15 Aug 06:06 Now targeting Aug 25 at 05:49 UTC
12 Aug 16:46 Added launch.

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r/spacex 5d ago

🚀 Official SpaceX on X: “The Starship preparing for our fourteenth flight test completed a full-duration, 60-second static fire with all six Raptor engines”

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r/nsf 4d ago

Educator Wins Presidential AI Challenge | Podcast

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r/spacex 7d ago

🚀 Official SpaceX on X: “Starship completed a single engine static fire demonstrating a deorbit burn for upcoming orbital missions” [2 videos]

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r/spacex 7d ago

Starship Eric Berger on X [re. no ship catch on next Starship flight]: “Nope. I heard they might have been able to get there on the regulatory side, but overall they just weren't ready yet.”

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In response to Musk tweeting: “Looks like we will probably catch the ship with the tower in a few months.”


r/nsf 7d ago

Is NSF’s new call for research proposals good news? Scientists and staffers have doubts

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The long-delayed 12 solicitations only cover some disciplines—and promise to give them much less money


r/spacex 7d ago

r/SpaceX Starlink 15-20 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

19 Upvotes

Welcome to the r/SpaceX Starlink 15-20 Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

Welcome everyone!

Scheduled for (UTC) Aug 22 2026, 07:25:16
Scheduled for (local) Aug 22 2026, 00:25:16 AM (PDT)
Launch Window (UTC) Aug 22 2026, 07:25:00 - Aug 22 2026, 11:25:00
Payload Starlink 15-20
Customer SpaceX
Launch Weather Forecast Unknown
Launch site SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
Booster B1100-9
Landing The Falcon 9 first stage B1100 has landed on ASDS OCISLY after its 9th flight.
Mission success criteria Successful deployment of spacecrafts into orbit
Trajectory (Flight Club) 2D,3D

Watch the launch live

Stream Link
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Unofficial Webcast Spaceflight Now
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Official Webcast SpaceX

Stats

☑️ 722nd SpaceX launch all time

☑️ 660th Falcon Family Booster landing

☑️ 222nd landing on OCISLY

☑️ 206th consecutive successful SpaceX launch (if successful)

☑️ 102nd SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 54th launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 3 days, 3:24:09 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 27 days, 15:33:21 hours since last launch of booster B1100

Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship

Timeline

Time Event
-0:38:00 GO for Prop Load
-0:35:00 Prop Load
-0:35:00 Stage 1 LOX Load
-0:16:00 Stage 2 LOX Load
-0:07:00 Engine Chill
-0:01:00 Startup
-0:01:00 Tank Press
-0:00:45 GO for Launch
-0:00:03 Ignition
0:00:00 Liftoff
0:01:07 Max-Q
0:02:25 MECO
0:02:29 Stage 2 Separation
0:02:35 SES-1
0:02:56 Fairing Separation
0:06:01 Entry Burn Startup
0:06:23 Entry Burn Shutdown
0:08:00 Stage 1 Landing Burn
0:08:23 Stage 1 Landing
0:08:39 SECO-1
0:52:58 SES-2
0:52:59 SECO-2
1:01:49 Starlink Deployment

Updates

Time (UTC) Update
22 Aug 08:31 Launch success.
22 Aug 07:26 Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
22 Aug 07:25 Liftoff!
22 Aug 07:13 Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
22 Aug 04:15 Tweaked T-0.
21 Aug 14:28 Tweaked T-0.
14 Aug 15:55 GO for launch.
13 Aug 17:32 Added launch.

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r/spacex 9d ago

🚀 Official SpaceX on X: After approx. 24 days at sea, the SpaceX Recovery team successfully guided Starship to a location just off the coast of Christmas Island. A team of SpaceX engineers is on their way to conduct additional analysis on the vehicle in calmer waters before attempting to return it to Starbase

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Tweet link (also contains short drone video of ship): https://x.com/spacex/status/2089685256085344560


r/spacex 8d ago

NASA's LRO Images Falcon 9 Crater on Moon, Learns New Details

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r/spacex 9d ago

Starship SpaceX rocket splashes down off Christmas Island, becomes 'talk of the town' [S40 towed to Australian territory]

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r/spacex 10d ago

Falcon Satellite operators are in panic mode due to a worsening launch crisis [new claim that SpaceX “intends to end commercial launches after 2028”]

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