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The #Crew11 has left the ISS, for a splash-down at 8:41 UTC: webcast on https://www.youtube.com/live/qRVoblm2Nxw from 7:15 UTC, timeline in https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-to-provide-live-coverage-of-crew-11-return-splashdown/ and updates on https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2026/01/14/dragon-undocks-from-station-heads-for-splashdown/

Undocking of #Crew11 is expected in about 10 minutes (there had been a slight delay in packing stuff): webcast at https://www.youtube.com/live/IakRgsTYUDY

Incredible webcast, it's been a while since we saw on boards at Arianespace
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Attached: 2 images 🚀 Ad Astra Ariane 6-4(boosters)! Europe has expanded heavy launch capabilities with a successful first launch in this 4 booster configuration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IiH09mCG5A

Earnings Release FY26 Q2 (Microsoft)
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/earnings/fy-2026-Q2/press-release-webcast

In four hours the webcast #PSLV-C62 - a return to flight for this rocket after a launch failure a while ago - carrying EOS-N1 and 15 co-passenger satellites into Sun Synchronous Orbit from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India should begin: see https://www.isro.gov.in/media_isro/pdf/PSLVC62/PSLV_C62_Brochure090125.pdf and https://www.isro.gov.in/Mission_PSLV_C62.html for details.

Microsoft reports Q2 revenue up 17% YoY to $81.3B, operating income up 21% to $38.3B, net income up 60% to $38.5B, and Microsoft Cloud revenue up 26% to $51.5B (Microsoft)
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/earnings/fy-2026-Q2/press-release-webcast

The recording of the independent webcast #Vulcan launch - in which they are discussing the SRB nozzle malfunction from t 2:25 onwards (i.e. starting at 1:13:30), eventually showing lots of different angles on the debris falling from the rocket. ULA hasn't said yet whether the payload has reached the proper orbit, by the way.

The should be a #Vulcan launch at 9:22 UTC today, with the webcast at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFw6xy2zGCo beginning in 1/2 hour - see https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/next-launch/vulcan-ussf-87 for what it's about as well es updates.

Stephen Nathan Miller?
Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem?
Donald John Trump?
Smaug?
Accidental unintended(?) unexpected humor from the SETI Institute
https://www.linkedin.com/events/7419067664867815424/

The first #Ariane 64 flight is well underway (and has just reached the target orbit)- here is the booster separation from an onboard cam, see https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/allgemeines-live-blog-ab-dem-4-februar-2026/#Feb12 (scroll down ... a lot) for more timesteps from the webcast.

All three astronomy satellites on the Twilight mission has now been deployed, BlackCAT and SPARCS out of sight of the Falcon 9 upper stage cameras, but the departure of #Pandora was beautifully seen - a screencap from the webcast https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1nAKEEAevzbKL

RE: https://social.beachcom.org/@nasa/115688325883480128
The first Soyuz landing I recall with no live view of the final minutes (due to poor weather) and no immediate announcement of touchdown in the webcast either.

Ten minutes til the launch of #Transporter15 in #Vandenberg with 140 (!) small satellites including the pay-per-view astronomical observatory #Mauve: https://www.spacex.com/launches/transporter-15 with a webcast at https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1YqKDNLQdPAJV mirrored by https://watch.esa.int/Two/

Launch in 20 minutes? The webcast of the second attept for #NewShepard 37: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66VP21OjegA

And the next space launch webcast is on: #NewShepard 37 - see https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-shepard-ns-37-mission and https://abcnews.go.com/US/1st-time-person-wheelchair-fly-space/story?id=128483608 and https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/18/science/blue-origin-launch-benthaus-koenigsmann for more.

Interstellar comet #3IATLAS webcast double feature today (19 November): first at 4:15 UTC on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krU8gN-J9gY the next attempt of a live observation from Italy (the first one had been clouded out) - and then at 20:00 UTC on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A55SUq2eDXg a NASA press conference with spacecraft observations.

Launch of #NewShepard 37 "is no earlier than Saturday, December 20. Our window opens at 8:00 AM CST / 14:00 UTC. The live webcast will begin 20 minutes prior to launch": https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-shepard-ns-37-mission

The roll-out of the #ArtemisII stack has begun at 12:05 UTC according to the webcast https://www.youtube.com/live/eXolMVSTX0I which offers occasional commentary - the rocket should emerge from the VAB in about an hour.

The #ArtemisII roll-out is scheduled to begin at 12:00 UTC today (Saturday) and will last 8 to 12 hours: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrVnsO_rdew = webcast, https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-ii-press-kit/ = mission press kit, https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/01/16/artemis-ii-moon-rocket-ready-for-big-move/ = the finished stack, ready to roll.

On December 17, 2025 at 2:01 a.m. local time (5:01 UTC, 6:01 CET), Arianespace will launch #Galileo L14, a pair of satellites, with Ariane 6 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana: at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho6lSJ0mOBU a webcast from 4:30 UTC, at https://www.esa.int/Applications/Satellite_navigation/Follow_the_Galileo_launch_L14_campaign some updates.