Articles by Stephen Clark, Spaceflightnow.com Editor

Stephen Clark is the Editor of Spaceflight Now, a web-based publication dedicated to covering rocket launches, human spaceflight and exploration. He joined the Spaceflight Now team in 2009 and previously wrote as a senior reporter with the Daily Texan. You can follow Stephen's latest project at SpaceflightNow.com and on Twitter.

Articles by: Stephen Clark

Ariane 5 Rocket Blasts Off, Oct. 16, 2014

Ariane 5 Rocket Launches 2 Commercial Satellites to Orbit

By Stephen Clark published 17 October 14

Mysterious Satellite Launched from Florida by Atlas 5 Rocket

By Stephen Clark published 17 September 14

Arianespace Launches MEASAT-3b and OPTUS 10 Satellites

Ariane 5 Rocket Launches Measat 3b and Optus 10 Satellites Into Orbit

By Stephen Clark published 13 September 14

Measat 3b and Optus 10 satellites launched from Kourou, French Guiana, on an Ariane 5 rocket, Sept. 11, 2014.

Ariane 5 Rocket Set to Launch Two Satellites Today

By Stephen Clark published 11 September 14

Two communications satellites for operators in Malaysia and Australia are awaiting liftoff Thursday (Sept. 11) aboard an Ariane 5 rocket.

Long March 2D Rocket Launch on Sept. 4, 2014

Two Satellites Placed in Orbit by Chinese Rocket

By Stephen Clark published 7 September 14

China launched a Long March 2D rocket Sept. 4, 2014, carrying a data relay satellite and a payload to conduct multimedia telecommunications experiments.

A Russian-built Soyuz rocket launches Europe's first two operational Galileo navigation system satellites into space from Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. The satellites were ultimately left in the wrong orbit, prompting an investigation into

Russian Rocket Launches European Navigation Satellites Into Wrong Orbit

By Stephen Clark published 24 August 14

Russian Officials Unable to Contact Animal-Carrying Spaceship

By Stephen Clark published 25 July 14

Russia Launches Live Animals on Two-Month Space Mission

By Stephen Clark published 21 July 14

Russia Eyes Soyuz Upgrades for Mission Around the Moon

By Stephen Clark published 16 June 14

Successful Launch of H-IIA F 24 with DAICHI-2 (ALOS-2)

Japan Launches Satellite with Night-Vision Mapping Radar

By Stephen Clark published 28 May 14

A Japanese satellite equipped with a sharp-eyed synthetic aperture radar launched Saturday on a mission to map the globe every two weeks.

Advanced Russian Communications Satellite Lost in Rocket Failure (Video)

By Stephen Clark published 16 May 14

An advanced Russian communications satellite was destroyed Thursday (May 15) when its Proton rocket booster failed minutes after liftoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Europe's Vega Rocket Launches Earth-watching Satellite for Kazakhstan

By Stephen Clark published 2 May 14

Rick Mastracchio: View of Cygnus Through ISS Porthole

NASA Eyes June Launch for Next Cygnus Cargo Mission

By Stephen Clark published 10 April 14

Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle Launches India Satellite

India Launches Its 2nd Navigation Satellite

By Stephen Clark published 4 April 14

Chinese Long March Rocket Boosts Experimental Satellite Into Orbit

By Stephen Clark published 2 April 14

China launched an experimental satellite Monday aboard a Long March 2C rocket from the Jiuquan space base in northwest China, according to official media reports.

SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Launch Delayed by Ground Radar Outage

By Stephen Clark published 27 March 14

Ariane 5 Rocket Launches 2 Communications Satellites Into Orbit

By Stephen Clark published 24 March 14

Kicking off a busy sequence of launches from Europe's spaceport in the jungle of French Guiana, an Ariane 5 rocket lifted off Saturday and put two satellites in perfect orbits.

SpaceX Test-Fires Falcon 9 Rocket Engines Ahead of Sunday Launch

By Stephen Clark published 11 March 14

Record-Setting 33 Tiny 'Cubesats' Launched From Space Station

By Stephen Clark published 7 March 14

Air Force General Reveals New Space Surveillance Program

By Stephen Clark published 3 March 14

An artist's illustration of the Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory satellite built by NASA and JAXA to measure the Earth's rain and snow fall like never before. The satellite is launching on Feb. 27, 2014 from Japan's Tanegashima Space Cent

Japan to Launch US Satellite to Map Earth's Rain & Snow Today: Watch It Live

By Stephen Clark published 27 February 14

NASA and Japan's space agency will launch the new Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory satellite to map Earth's rain and snow today at 1:37 p.m. EST. Watch it live here.

US Launching New GPS Satellite Tonight

By Stephen Clark published 20 February 14

Going for its 25th flight, the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket family will launch a new Global Positioning System navigation satellite from Cape Canaveral Thursday night (Feb. 20).