Space history in 2025
303 records
2020s
50 records
2025
The Sea God Sees — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: The Sea God Sees
Electron launched on the The Sea God Sees flight from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, pad LC1A. Launch vehicle success.
EOS-09 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: EOS-09
PSLV-XL launched on the EOS-09 flight from Satish Dhawan Space Ctr, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India, pad FLP. Launch failure.
Zhongxing 3B — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Zhongxing 3B
Chang Zheng 7A launched on the Zhongxing 3B flight from Wenchang Space Center, Hainan, pad LC201. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-265 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-265
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-265 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
Kosmos-2588 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-2588
Soyuz-2-1B (Fregat) launched on the Kosmos-2588 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-266 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-266
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-266 flight from South Base, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, pad SLC4E. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-267 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-267
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-267 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-268 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-268
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-268 flight from South Base, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, pad SLC4E. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-269 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-269
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-269 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.
Tianwen-2 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Tianwen-2
Chang Zheng 3B (G2) launched on the Tianwen-2 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC2. Launch vehicle success.
Shi Jian 26 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Shi Jian 26
Chang Zheng 4B launched on the Shi Jian 26 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC43/94. Launch vehicle success.
GPS III SV08 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: GPS III SV08
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the GPS III SV08 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-270 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-270
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-270 flight from South Base, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, pad SLC4E. Launch vehicle success.
NS-32 — private and commercial crew participation
Category: Human Spaceflight ActivitiesType: Private astronaut or space tourist flight
Mission: NS-32 · Programme: New Shepard
Role: Space tourist
6 participants; see description and linked people.
Full Stream Ahead — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Full Stream Ahead
Electron launched on the Full Stream Ahead flight from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, pad LC1B. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-271 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-271
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-271 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-272 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-272
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-272 flight from South Base, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, pad SLC4E. Launch vehicle success.
WHDW 04 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: WHDW 04
Chang Zheng 6A launched on the WHDW 04 flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad lC9A. Launch vehicle success.
SXM-10 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: SXM-10
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the SXM-10 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole: Best Short Story
Category: Science FictionType: Award win
Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole (Short story) by Isabel J. KimAward: Nebula Award — Best Short Story
Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole won Best Short Story.
Someone You Can Build a Nest In — 2024 Nebula Award, Best Novel
Category: Science FictionType: Award win
Someone You Can Build a Nest In (Novel) by John WiswellAward: Nebula Award — Best NovelRole: Science fiction writer
Someone You Can Build a Nest In — 2024 Nebula Award, Best Novel (2025-06-07).
The Young Necromancer’s Guide to Ghosts: Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction
Category: Science FictionType: Award win
The Young Necromancer’s Guide to Ghosts (Novel) by Vanessa Ricci-ThodeAward: Andre Norton Award — Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction
The Young Necromancer’s Guide to Ghosts won Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction.
Dune: Part Two: Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
Category: Science FictionType: Award win
Dune: Part Two (Film) by Jon Spaights, Denis VilleneuveAward: Ray Bradbury Award — Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
Dune: Part Two won Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation.
The Dragonfly Gambit: Best Novella
Category: Science FictionType: Award win
The Dragonfly Gambit (Novella) by A. D. SuiAward: Nebula Award — Best Novella
The Dragonfly Gambit won Best Novella.
A Death in Hyperspace: Best Game Writing
Category: Science FictionType: Award win
A Death in Hyperspace (Game) by Stewart C Baker, Phoebe Barton, James Beamon, Kate Heartfield, Isabel J. Kim, Sara S. Messenger, Natalia Theodoridou, Merc Fenn Wolfmoor, M. Darusha Wehm, Jingjing XiaoAward: Nebula Award — Best Game Writing
A Death in Hyperspace won Best Game Writing.
Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being: Best Novelette
Category: Science FictionType: Award win
Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being (Novella) by A. W. PrihanditaAward: Nebula Award — Best Novelette
Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being won Best Novelette.
Starlink-273 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-273
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-273 flight from South Base, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, pad SLC4E. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-274 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-274
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-274 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
The Mountain God Guards — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: The Mountain God Guards
Electron launched on the The Mountain God Guards flight from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, pad LC1A. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-275 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-275
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-275 flight from South Base, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, pad SLC4E. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-276 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-276
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-276 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
Zhangheng 1-02 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Zhangheng 1-02
Chang Zheng 2D launched on the Zhangheng 1-02 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC43/94. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-277 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-277
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-277 flight from South Base, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, pad SLC4E. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-278 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-278
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-278 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
Kosmos-2589 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-2589
Angara A5 launched on the Kosmos-2589 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC35/1. Launch vehicle success.
ZX 9C — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: ZX 9C
Chang Zheng 3B (G2) launched on the ZX 9C flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC2. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-279 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-279
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-279 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
Kuiper KA-02 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kuiper KA-02
Atlas V 551 (G) launched on the Kuiper KA-02 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC41. Launch vehicle success.
Transporter-14 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Transporter-14
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Transporter-14 flight from South Base, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, pad SLC4E. Launch vehicle success.
Axiom Ax-4 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Axiom Ax-4
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Axiom Ax-4 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-280 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-280
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-280 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
Ax-4 — private and commercial crew participation
Category: Human Spaceflight ActivitiesType: Private astronaut or space tourist flight
Mission: Ax-4 · Programme: Orbital commercial
Role: Commercial astronautStation: International Space Station
4 participants; see description and linked people.
Get the Hawk Outta Here — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Get the Hawk Outta Here
Electron launched on the Get the Hawk Outta Here flight from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, pad LC1A. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-281 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-281
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-281 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
Symphony in the Stars — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Symphony in the Stars
Electron launched on the Symphony in the Stars flight from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, pad LC1B. Launch vehicle success.
GOSAT-GW — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: GOSAT-GW
H-IIA 202 (1) launched on the GOSAT-GW flight from Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon, pad Y. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-282 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-282
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-282 flight from South Base, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, pad SLC4E. Launch vehicle success.
NS-33 — private and commercial crew participation
Category: Human Spaceflight ActivitiesType: Private astronaut or space tourist flight
Mission: NS-33 · Programme: New Shepard
Role: Space tourist
6 participants; see description and linked people.
Meteosat-13 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Meteosat-13
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Meteosat-13 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-283 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-283
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-283 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.