Category: Fun & Curios

Major US Launches this Week:

• WED CA Falcon9 Starlink
- THU FL Vulcan  USSF (SRB nozzle burn-through adventure)
▶︎ FRI FL Falcon9 Crew Dragon (RTLS, nice views)
• SAT CA Falcon9  Starlink
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Updated: 14 FEB / 2100 (all times US Eastern)
Last week

The nebula for the RTLS burn on Crew 12 was spectacular! The four astronauts continue on their way to International Space Station, and for the first time, the Falcon 9 booster returned to LZ-40.
📸 @NASASpaceflight pic.twitter.com/aU6lWopYnN

— D Wise (@dwisecinema) February 13, 2026

B1101-2 becomes the first booster to land on LZ-40 pic.twitter.com/4AZplQMNeN

— Falcon Watchers (@Falcon9Watchers) February 13, 2026

Crew-12 on orbit pic.twitter.com/IaAY17zRu0

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 14, 2026

Dragon is docked with @Space_Station
pic.twitter.com/nrX1aDJsBz

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 14, 2026

Major US Launches this Week:

• MON CA Falcon9  Starlink (rare clear/sunny launch from VSFB)
• SAT CA Falcon9  Starlink
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Updated: 7 FEB / 1700 (all times US Eastern)
Last week

Update on Monday’s Stg-2 deboost anomaly

Major US Launches this Week:

• SUN CA Falcon9  Starlink 
★ TUE FL Falcon9  GPS
• THU CA Falcon9  Starlink 
- THU NZ Electron
• FRI FL Falcon9  Starlink
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Updated: 30 JAN / 0100 (all times US Eastern)
Last week

Major US Launches this Week:

• SUN FL Falcon9  Starlink
• THU CA Falcon9  Starlink
- THU NZ Electron
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Updated: 22 JAN /1300 (all times US Eastern)
Last week

Last Friday:
Falcon 9 taking off above Downtown LA 💫

 pic.twitter.com/wdg3KzmuBG
— DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) January 18, 2026
  

Major US Launches this Week:

★ SUN CA Falcon9  Rideshare (RTLS)
• MON FL Falcon9  Starlink
• WED FL Falcon9  Starlink (good vid)
★ FRI CA Falcon9  NROL (RTLS)
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Updated: 17 JAN / 0030 (all times US Eastern)
Last week

Medical Evac from ISS:
Dragon separation confirmed pic.twitter.com/fvkyqAuZ29
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 14, 2026
 

Dragon Reentry:
Video from my roof of @SpaceX Dragon streaking across the sky over LA tonight. Inside this 10,000 degree plasma cocoon traveling at 8 km/sec are four amazing humans. Welcome home @NASA Crew-11! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/XoxkyaFppK
— Jon Edwards (@edwards345) January 15, 2026
  
Rocket PrOn:
(Watch on X, full-screen, it repeats continuously)

I can’t stop watching this 🫠

A full Falcon 9 launch. pic.twitter.com/RUnRqxi7UD

— Curiosity (@MAstronomers) January 10, 2026

Major US Launches this Week:

• SUN FL Falcon9  Starlink 
• FRI FL Falcon9  Starlink 
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Updated: 9 JAN / 1650 (all times US Eastern)
Last week

Major US Launches Over the Holidays:

- SUN NZ Electron
★ FRI CA Falcon9  CSG Italy (RTLS & Satellite separation)

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Updated: 2 JAN / 2200 (all times US Eastern)
Last week

Today in History:

On December 21, 2015, exactly ten years ago today, SpaceX achieved the first successful vertical landing of an orbital-class Falcon 9 first stage after deploying 11 ORBCOMM satellites, revolutionizing reusable rocketry pic.twitter.com/LHfuYCY2ez
— Dima Zeniuk (@DimaZeniuk) December 21, 2025
  
And I've watched every danged one of 'em.