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A key production site for Starship's future launch cadence, the Starbase Gigbay continues to rise with a symphony of steel.

➡️https://youtu.be/653qqXvNDrc
January 11, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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SpaceX has launched the Twilight mission at 5:44am PST (13:44 UTC) aboard Falcon 9 booster B1097-5 from SLC-4E at the Vandenberg SFB in California, sending the Pandora satellite and 39 other rideshares south toward a dawn/dusk sun-synchronous orbit.

[Video Credit 🎥: SpaceX]
January 11, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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Some very intriguing spacecraft are flying on the Falcon 9 rideshare mission out of Vandenberg shortly.

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By Justin Davenport.
January 11, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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Just over a week until SLS and Orion rollout to 39B for testing and a Wet Dress Rehearsal that could set the stage for a February launch of four astronauts on a lunar flyby for the first time in over 50 years.
written by Chris Bergin
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January 10, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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Earlier today, ULA's Rocketship sailed out of Port Canaveral with some rocket hardware on board on its way to the West Coast to support the first Vulcan launch from the Vandenberg Space Force Base later this year.
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January 10, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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S39.1 made an unexpected rollout to Mega Bay 2 today looking very clean!
📷 Coleen Liedtke for NSF
January 10, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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First-Ever ISS Medical Evacuation: NASA Prepares For Return | This Week In Spaceflight with @elysiasegal.bsky.social
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January 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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Starship S39.1 went for a walk around the Starbase Production Site heading into Mega Bay 2, it remains to be seen what the future holds for it.
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January 9, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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Artemis II got one step closer, as the Crawler Transporter rolled toward the Vehicle Assembly Building to pick up the SLS/Orion stack and its Mobile Launch Tower and roll them to LC-39B for launch in the coming weeks to the moon.
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January 9, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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29th launch and landing for this booster.

Doesn't even seem crazy to say that these days.
January 9, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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LAUNCH! SpaceX Falcon 9 B1069-29 launches Starlink Ground 6-96 from SLC-40.

Live on YT:
youtube.com/watch?v=Hj3Z...
January 9, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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NSF's Patrick O'Laghlin was out at Roclet Lab's facility in Middle River, Maryland and spotted hardware added to the top of the Neutron first stage tank, suggesting it is being prepared for cryo testing
January 9, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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Overnight at Starbase, "Test Tank 17" underwent its 15th cryo test at Masseys, as SpaceX continues to prepare for the third Starship era.
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January 9, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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NASA made an unprecedented call today: they're bringing
SpaceX's Crew-11 home early in response to a crew medical incident.
NSF's Ryan Caton with quick summary of the timeline of this event, all the information we know about what happened, & what comes next → youtu.be/V4gf140g-cU
January 9, 2026 at 6:37 AM
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January 8, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨Crew-11 (Dragon Endeavour) will return ahead of schedule due to a medical issue "in the coming days".
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January 8, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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Overview of the path to converting Starbase Pad 1 for its future role with Starship.
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January 8, 2026 at 7:58 PM
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Join us 🔴LIVE🔴 Today, January 8th, from 2:00 p.m. CST / 20:00 UTC on NASASpaceflight Starbase Live stream for another Raptorside Chat.
We’ll discuss all the latest developments at Starbase, and beyond, and try to answer any questions you may have!
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January 8, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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We’re turning our eyes back to the Moon! 🌕

New in the shop: A stunning print of the Space Launch System from 2022, by Max Evans.

Check it out, here: shop.nasaspaceflight.com/products/sls...
January 8, 2026 at 2:31 AM
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SpaceX's redesigned Pad 2 now has all of its major hardware following the arrival and installation of its Ship Quick Disconnect (SQD) arm. Pad 2 will debut with Flight 2, the first Block 3 Starship.

youtu.be/SBtxE8LXc8A
January 8, 2026 at 1:49 AM
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Starbase's next two Ships to fly are undergoing TPS inspections.

Written by Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera & Chris Bergin

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January 8, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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Starbase Update, hosted by Max Evans

It’s a new year and plenty to go over!

youtu.be/VPFsL1Cw92U

Premiering on YouTube at 6:00pm CST (00:00 UTC).
January 6, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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Join us 🔴LIVE🔴 Today, January 6th, from 2:00 p.m. CST / 20:00 UTC on NASASpaceflight’s Starbase Live stream for the first Raptorside Chat of the year.
We’ll discuss all the latest developments at Starbase, and beyond, and try to answer any questions you may have!
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January 6, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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Hours after arriving to the pad, the Ship QD arm was lifted for installation in place. With the final components being installed, could we see some hardware on the pad for testing by the end of the month?
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January 6, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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The Atlantic Spaceport Complex (ASX) — a new launch facility being developed by the aerospace company NordSpace near the small town of St. Lawrence on the Burin Peninsula, Canada — has been released from the provincial environmental assessment process.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:13 PM