As more satellite megaconstellations continue to be launched, researchers are exploring the odds people could be struck by falling debris from reentering spacecraft.
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SpaceX will launch the latest batch of astronauts to the International Space Station early Friday morning (Feb. 13), and you can watch the action live.
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A Vulcan Centaur rocket successfully launched two U.S. spy satellites on Feb. 12 despite suffering an anomaly with one of its solid rocket boosters, echoing the result of an October 2024 mission.
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Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026: Updates on SpaceX and NASA’s Crew-12 astronaut mission to the International Space Station.
The most powerful version of Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket flew for the first time ever on Thursday (Feb. 12), launching 32 of Amazon’s internet satellites to orbit.
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Liftoff of the USSF-87 mission occurred at 4:22 a.m. ET on Thursday (Feb. 12).
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026.
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NASA’s Artemis 2 mission, which will send four astronauts on a journey around the moon, can launch on just 11 days in March and April combined. Why are there so few opportunities to fly?
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Life on Earth may exist thanks to an incredible stroke of luck — a chemical sweet spot that most planets miss during their formation but ours managed to hit.
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