Response to the NASA WB-57 incident at Ellington Field is ongoing.

On January 27, 2026, a mechanical issue with one of NASA’s WB-57 aircraft resulted in a gear-up landing at Ellington Field in Houston.

NASA will update the public as it gathers more information about the WB-57 incident.

The gear-up landing at Ellington Field involved a NASA WB-57 aircraft.

All crew aboard the NASA WB-57 involved in the Ellington Field incident are safe.

NASA will conduct a thorough investigation into the cause of the WB-57 gear-up landing.

The KHOU video linked in the Houston Air Watch tweet depicts a NASA WB-57 involved in a landing incident at Ellington Airport in Houston.

Cosmic Penguin (@Cosmic_Penguin) shared the Houston Air Watch tweet on January 27, 2026.

Houston Air Watch (@houstonairw) posted a tweet linking to a KHOU video showing a NASA WB-57 involved in a landing incident at Ellington Airport in Houston.

Rocket Lab's launch safety page is targeting 00:55 UTC tonight for the Bridging The Swarm mission carrying NeonSat-1A.

This is the third recent occasion in the last few months on which Rocket Lab has made no public statement about an imminent launch attempt.

Rocket Lab has made no public statement about the next launch attempt.

Bridging The Swarm was previously delayed due to technical issues.

The Bridging The Swarm mission includes the NeonSat-1A payload.

Bridging The Swarm is scheduled NET January 26 between 22:45 and 02:00 UTC.

Hazard areas for the launch after The Cosmos Will See You Now have been published and match the Bridging The Swarm mission.

The launch safety page showed a two-day delay on January 27, 2026.

The reusable cargo ship is presented as part of a broader space cargo transport system development and planning effort.

The paper '空间货物运输系统发展与规划研究' outlines a plan for a reusable cargo ship to operate between Earth and the China Space Station (CSS).

The paper '空间货物运输系统发展与规划研究' outlines a plan for a reusable cargo ship to operate between the lunar surface and the Lunar-Earth-Gateway station.

Twitter user afec7032 (robert_savitsky) posted these details on January 27, 2026.

Photographs from Korolev's Readings at Bauman Moscow State Technical University were taken by Twitter user @vb_rst1.

The Amur launch vehicle has a payload-to-LEO capacity of 9.5 tonnes in reusable configuration.

The Amur launch vehicle has a payload-to-LEO capacity of 10.8 tonnes in expendable configuration.

Korolev's Readings took place at Bauman Moscow State Technical University.

Ten Proton launch vehicles remain.

Production of the Angara rocket will be completely relocated to Omsk to increase production efficiency.

The Angara rocket program is not yet economically efficient enough.

The RD-191M has passed all development tests for the Angara-A5M rocket.

The first parts of the Angara-A5M rocket are already in production.

Twitter user afec7032 (@robert_savitsky) posted a new depiction of the KVTK cryogenic upper stage on January 27, 2026.

KVTK is a cryogenic upper stage for the Angara-A5M rocket.

Flight tests of the KVTK upper stage are scheduled to start in 2030–2031.

The first flight test of the Soyuz-5 rocket is scheduled by the end of March 2026.

The hopper prototype Hopper is expected to perform two test flights in 2028.

Hopper’s second 2028 test flight is expected to reach 10 kilometers and include engine shutdown, aerodynamic control, engine restart, and landing.

Hopper’s first 2028 test flight is expected to reach a few hundred meters and include hovering and landing.

TSNIIMASH is working on composite parts for the Irkut rocket as of January 27, 2026.

Start-1M is a small-lift launch vehicle and a modification of the older Start rocket.

Voronezh is a small-lift launch vehicle.

Twitter user afec7032 (@robert_savitsky) posted photos of the Venera-D spacecraft on January 27, 2026.

t.me/dobriy_ovchinnikov provided photos of the Venera-D spacecraft.

Venera-D is a spacecraft planned for the mid-late 2030s.

The tweet titled "Scientific tasks of the orbital module" was posted by afec7032 (@robert_savitsky) on January 27, 2026.

The Twitter account posting the message uses the display name "afec7032 🇷🇺" and the handle @robert_savitsky.

A tweet titled "Scientific tasks of the aerostat modules" was posted by the Twitter user @robert_savitsky on January 27, 2026.

The Twitter account @robert_savitsky includes the 🇷🇺 flag emoji in its displayed name.

Twitter user afec7032 (@robert_savitsky) posted a tweet titled "12. Current launch schedule of scientific missions" on January 27, 2026.

Starship heat shield tiles are designed to withstand the extreme temperatures generated by atmospheric reentry.

Starbase is the SpaceX industrial and testing site used for development of the Starship program.