5 active programs — campaign readiness, recovery watch, and the hardware rewriting what leaves the ground.
SpaceX
Starship / Super HeavyStarbase
SpaceX is targeting Flight 14 for no earlier than Monday, September 28 at 12:15 UTC from Pad 2 — first orbit attempt, 26 Starlink V3, pending regulatory approval. Booster 21 is on the Pad 2 launch mount. Ship 41 has not rolled. Ship 40 remains on Forte at Christmas Island.
SpaceX
Starship HLS / MarsStarbase
SpaceX is building Starship to land NASA crews near the lunar south pole — now planned on Artemis IV, not III — then to carry cargo and people to Mars. NASA added an Earth-orbit docking demo as Artemis III. Flight 14 is a published first-orbit attempt, not a propellant-transfer demonstration.
Blue Origin
New GlennLC-36
New Glenn is still rebuilding LC-36A for a crane-based return to flight. Refurbished vehicle-access-tower modules are going back up, Never Tell Me The Odds is headed to the Integration Facility, and a new upper stage has shipped to Stennis. Blue Origin’s public goal is still a flight before the end of 2026 — that is not a launch date.
NASA
SLS / OrionLC-39B
Artemis II flew its four-person crew around the Moon and back in April 2026 — the first crewed lunar flight since Apollo 17. NASA’s next flight, Artemis III, is an Earth-orbit docking demo targeted for mid-2027. At Kennedy, RS-25 installation began August 24 and booster stacking is underway. The first crewed landing is Artemis IV in 2028.
NASA
Space Launch SystemLC-39B
NASA's Shuttle-derived super heavy-lifter stands 98 meters tall and has flown twice. NASA cancelled Block 1B and Block 2 upgrades in February 2026 and is standardizing on the flying Block 1 vehicle. The Artemis III core is in the Vehicle Assembly Building, with RS-25 installation and booster stacking underway for an Earth-orbit docking demo.
How readiness works
For active launch campaigns, we aggregate public hardware, regulatory, recovery, and stream signals into one weighted score. Hardware activity carries the most weight; weather and stream confidence rise late.
What this is not
Not an official launch probability from SpaceX or Blue Origin. When a program is recovering from a major incident, we replace the score with verified recovery updates until launch-watch coverage is appropriate again.
When it gets hot
Readiness climbs once static fires complete, hazard notices publish, and an official livestream is posted. Recovery pages stay focused on confirmed investigation, repair, and pad status information.