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Wondering when the next launch is from Florida?
🚀Here’s the next 4 from the Space Coast:
1. Nov 13— ULA Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo (LV-01)
40 broadband satellites | SLC-41
2. Late Nov — SpaceX Falcon 9 | Cygnus NG-25
ISS cargo resupply | SLC-40
Dates can and often do shift. Watch for updates!
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Massive rockets at Massey's! IFT-15 soonish!
Starship 42 and Superheavy Booster 23 at Massey's together.
Ship 42 completed 2 static fire tests in it's short stay at the testing site, and Booster 23 is expected to begin a second round of cryogenic testing. 🔥 🚀
Thanks to spihelicopters.com for the lift!
📸: @Jordanguidry6 For WAI Media
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The core stage of the Artemis III rocket is officially stacked.
ALT A partial view of the orange core stage of the Artemis III rocket standing between two white solid rocket boosters inside of the VAB. The rocket spans several stories. Platforms on each floor surround the rocket. There are railings and equipment on every level. Credit: NASA/Sean Cannon
ALT Two employees in hard hats look up as a crane lifts the 212-foot core stage of the Artemis III rocket vertically into the transfer aisle of the VAB. Dominating the center of the image are four rocket engines on the bottom of the core stage. They are covered in red caps. Credit: NASA/Sean Cannon
ALT The bottom half of the orange core stage of the Artemis III rocket is suspended vertically in High Bay 3 of the VAB as a crane moves it into place above the mobile launcher. Several levels of observation platforms are visible behind the core stage and one of the solid rocket boosters is seen below. Credit: NASA/Sean Cannon
ALT The orange core stage of the Artemis III rocket is suspended vertically in the transfer aisle as a crane moves it into High Bay 3 of the VAB. Several levels of observation platforms are visible behind the core stage. Credit: NASA/Sean Cannon
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Where the road to Flight 15 stands this morning:
✅ Booster 22 static fire, all 33 engines
✅ Ship 42 rolled to Massey's
✅ Ship 42 single-engine static fire
⏳ FAA license
🎯 NET Nov 8 on an FAA planning slide
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🚨 BREAKING: BOOSTER 22 STATIC FIRE
Flight 15's expected booster lit up Pad 2.
📷 Oct 24. @Jordanguidry6 - WAI Media
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🔥 BOOSTER 22 IS ON THE MOUNT
Today could get loud.
📷 Pictured: rollout, Oct 24. @mymatrixplug - WAI Media
If you missed yesterday’s Artemis 3 press briefing, here are the highlights:
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, and Artemis Program Manager Jeremy Parsons briefed media at Kennedy Space Center on October 23, 2026, on progress accelerating the program.
Artemis III (summer 2027 target)
A 14-17 day crewed low-Earth-orbit demo with NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio, and Andre Douglas plus ESA’s Luca Parmitano. It is designed as one of the most complex launch campaigns ever, coordinating three of the world’s most powerful rockets:
- Blue Origin New Glenn launches first with a Blue Moon Mark 2 test article into LEO.
- SLS launches Orion (with the crew) from Pad 39B.
- SpaceX Starship test article (with docking adapter) launches later from Pad 39A.
Orion docks with Blue Moon around Flight Day 3; the crew enters for ~2 days to check life support, systems, emergency procedures, and interoperability. After undocking, Orion docks with Starship for a shorter (~2-hour) demonstration—crew does not enter Starship. Remaining days cover suit evaluations, science/tech demos, and other risk-reduction work before a Pacific splashdown. Goal: validate procedures and hardware close to home before the lunar landing.
SLS stacking is advancing well (boosters and engines in place; spacer instead of ICPS). A year-end tanking test is planned. The workforce has roughly halved assembly/integration time through efficiencies, and NASA is embedding experts with partners to address supply-chain issues (notably lander avionics). Officials noted an earlier ~90-day internal schedule slip but said the summer 2027 target remains achievable.
Artemis IV and the 2028 lunar landing
Targeted for 2028 as the first crewed landing near the lunar south pole since 1972. NASA is preserving optionality between SpaceX Starship and Blue Origin Blue Moon Mark 2; the choice of which goes first will be made later based on readiness. Both are planning 2028 landings, and uncrewed demos are required first.
Architecture has been streamlined: no longer a near-rectilinear halo orbit rendezvous. Starship would dock with Orion in Earth orbit and push the stack toward the Moon; Blue Origin would use transfer stages to deliver its lander to an elliptical polar lunar orbit for Orion rendezvous. Surface ops are planned around two roughly 2-hour EVAs (sample collection and Axiom Sortie suit testing). The intent is a sustainable presence and Moon Base, not a flags-and-footprints return.
Isaacman called the overall effort ambitious and extraordinarily difficult but an “achievable pathway,” citing resources, stakeholder support, and an energized workforce. Challenges (supply chain, technical integration, partner recovery) were acknowledged openly.
More information at: nasa.gov/missions/artemis/na…
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Also in today's episode: NASA's Moon Base plan, one more Starship cargo contract for the Moon, Pad 2 getting ready for Flight 15, and Japan's MMX on its way to Phobos.
Full episode on YouTube 👇
Today we will get updated answers about the progress of Artemis 3 and landing on the moon!
Jared Isaacman to give Artemis lll update this Friday.
Do you think we will land on the Moon by the end of 2028?
🌕 NASA ARTEMIS UPDATE TOMORROW
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman holds an "Artemis Acceleration" briefing at Kennedy Space Center tomorrow, Friday, at 2 PM ET.
On the agenda: Artemis III, four astronauts in low Earth orbit next year testing systems for future landings, and the plan to land on the Moon by 2028.
Pictured: Artemis II launching in April.
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The early morning sunrise and clear skies made it possible to see all the activities going with each section of the Falcon9 booster, fairing halves and second stage.
An experiment stacking 500 frames from a @GoPro video of the SpaceX Bandwagon-5 launch this morning.
This morning's SpaceX Bandwagon mission launch!
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Not quite as pretty as last space jelly but still very cool!
🚀 SpaceX Falcon 9 launch of Bandwagon-5 from Cape Canaveral. Liftoff was at 7:04 AM ET
Cargo included 32 payloads, including a 2nd Starfall reentry capsule demo. Booster B1085 (19th flight) landed on ASOG.
By @rpg571 for WAI Media
🪼Another possible predawn “space jelly” tomorrow? It could happen again!✨
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Bandwagon-5 is set to launch from SLC-40 in a 6:30–7:30 am window. If it lifts off near the open and skies stay clear, the southeast trajectory could light up with another glowing space jelly — though viewing will favor southeastern Florida and the Bahamas.
The cargo is made up of 32 payloads, plus a Starfall reentry demo, headed to a low earth orbit. Booster B1085 on its 19th flight will land on the ASOG droneship.
Weather is a55% GO due to liftoff winds and cumulus concerns. Tuesday backup looks better.
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