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and will attempt to launch the Europa Clipper mission today atop a from Pad 39A. The NASA webcast begins at 11 AM EDT / 8 AM PDT with launch time targeting 12:06 PM EDT / 9:06 AM PDT. Here's the YouTube link.

youtube.com/watch?v=lQToTWKwtu

achieved a successful soft landing of in the Indian Ocean, then the vehicle exploded.

just made history, as the Boca Chica launch tower caught the booster in mid-air on return to launch site. The Starship upper stage is in orbit attempting to successfully demonstrate entry and soft landing (in the Indian Ocean).

is about to attempt another launch of , with the first attempt to catch the booster at the tower on return. Launch targeting 8:15 AM EDT / 5:15 AM PDT. Watch live at Spaceflight Now.

youtube.com/watch?v=PyR_M5rCL6

and are targeting 10:52 AM EDT to launch the probe to an asteroid. Right now the weather is 60% favorable, but you can't see a thing outside.

Spaceflight Now is streaming live.

youtube.com/watch?v=kHoKhL56KZ

Crew-9 is scheduled to launch Thursday at 1:30 PM EDT from Pad 39A, but, with the forecast for the Gulf on Thursday, I won't be surprised if they take down the into the adjacent hangar and the crew shelter at the crew quarters.

blogs.nasa.gov/crew-9/

Rather hard to see, but perhaps you can make out the shadow cast by the vapor trail from the launch.

is targeting 6:50 PM EDT for a launch from Launch Complex 40. The payloads are Galileo navigation satellites for the European Commission. Watch live on Spaceflight Now.

youtube.com/watch?v=hPLDpwpXy5

For years, part of my spiel at was to tell guests that constellations such as will one day give you the ability to access the Internet anywhere on planet Earth, including airplane flights, "so you can watch your cat videos on YouTube."

I'm declaring victory.

"The Inflight Wi-Fi Revolution Now Arriving: United Signs Starlink Deal to Provide Industry-Leading Connectivity in the Sky - For Free"

united.com/en/us/newsroom/anno

"The Environmental Protection Agency fined Elon Musk's spacecraft company $148,378 for a 2022 liquid oxygen spill and for discharging gallons of deluge water to wetlands near its launch pad in recent months. The wetlands affected have a continuous surface connection to the Rio Grande and are considered protected navigable waters. As the EPA noted, those discharges require a specific permit that lacked."

beaumontenterprise.com/culture

The first-ever commercial spacewalk and the first-ever spacewalk are beginning right now. Watch live on Spaceflight Now.

youtube.com/watch?v=daEIqRJLLr

is about the launch the crewed mission from Pad 39A., targeting 5:23 AM EDT. Watch live on Spaceflight Now.

youtube.com/watch?v=CzVVSxAXic

now targeting 11:33 AM EDT for the launch. Don't know if it's due to the weather here, downrange, or something else. It's overcast here.

scrubbed because of bad weather at the drone ship landing site. They'll try again tomorrow morning.

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