Every Mars story in one place — SpaceX Starship, NASA rovers, JAXA, ESA and China — dated and sourced.https://marsprogress.com/en-ushttps://marsprogress.com/news/starship-flight-14-reaches-orbit/https://marsprogress.com/news/starship-flight-14-reaches-orbit/Booster 21 and Ship 41 lifted off at 12:48 UTC on Sep 28, and the ship released all 26 Starlink V3 satellites. An engine problem cut the planned six orbits to a flight of about three hours.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://marsprogress.com/news/mmx-phobos-sample-mission-launch-date/https://marsprogress.com/news/mmx-phobos-sample-mission-launch-date/JAXA plans to launch its Martian Moons eXploration mission at 04:41 Japan time on Oct 20 (19:41 UTC on Oct 19) on an H3 rocket. The samples are due back in Japan’s fiscal 2031.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://marsprogress.com/news/nasa-picks-blue-origin-mars-telecommunications-orbiter/https://marsprogress.com/news/nasa-picks-blue-origin-mars-telecommunications-orbiter/The orbiter, worth up to about $700 million, is due by Dec 31, 2028 and should be working at Mars by 2030. Rocket Lab has challenged the award; a ruling is due by Dec 21.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://marsprogress.com/news/mars-year-39-begins/https://marsprogress.com/news/mars-year-39-begins/A new Martian year started at the northern spring equinox, 08:16 UTC on Sep 30, 2026, ESA said. It lasts 687 Earth days; Mars Year 40 begins in August 2028.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT