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Artemis 2 SLS wet dress rehearsal latest news: NASA preps for critical test ahead of astronaut launch to the moon
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Watch Rocket Lab launch Korean disaster-monitoring satellite tonight after long delay
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Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?
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US government declassifies Cold War-era 'JUMPSEAT' spy satellites
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NASA's Artemis 2 crewed mission to the moon shows how US space strategy has changed since Apollo – and contrasts with China's closed program
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On this day in space: Jan. 29, 1989: Phobos 2 enters orbit around Mars
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Goodbye Goldilocks: Scientists may have to look beyond habitable zones to find alien life
By Victoria Corless Published
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Human spaceflight
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NASA and SpaceX move up launch of Crew-12 astronauts to Feb. 11 as relief crew after ISS medical evacuation
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40 years after the space shuttle Challenger disaster, spaceflight remains far from routine
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Artemis 2 astronauts enter quarantine ahead of historic NASA moon launch
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NASA to fly piece of Wright Brothers' plane on Artemis 2 moon mission
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NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket is on the launch pad. What's next?
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ISS astronaut spots Artemis 2 moon rocket on the launch pad from space (photo)
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'We can handle any kind of difficult situation': Crew-11 astronauts say 1st medical evacuation from ISS had a silver lining
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Record-setting astronaut Suni Williams retires from NASA after 27 years
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Chinese capsule damaged by space-junk strike returns to Earth (video)
By Leonard David Published
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Launches & Spacecraft
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Watch Rocket Lab launch Korean disaster-monitoring satellite tonight after long delay
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Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?
By Josh Dinner Last updated -

US government declassifies Cold War-era 'JUMPSEAT' spy satellites
By Mike Wall Published -

On this day in space: Jan. 29, 1989: Phobos 2 enters orbit around Mars
By Hanneke Weitering Last updated -

SpaceX targeting mid-March for 1st flight of bigger, more powerful Starship 'Version 3,' Elon Musk says
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Rocket Lab's 'Hungry Hippo' Neutron fairing arrives at spaceport in Virginia
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SpaceX launches advanced GPS satellite for US Space Force (video, photos)
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will refly booster on next launch of powerful New Glenn rocket
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SpaceX launches 25 Starlink satellites into orbit from California (video)
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Missions
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Artemis 2 SLS wet dress rehearsal latest news: NASA preps for critical test ahead of astronaut launch to the moon
By Josh Dinner Published -

NASA's Artemis 2 crewed mission to the moon shows how US space strategy has changed since Apollo – and contrasts with China's closed program
By Michelle L.D. Hanlon Published -

NASA moves critical fueling test for Artemis 2 moon rocket up to Jan. 31
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ReferenceArtemis Accords: What are they & which countries are involved?
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Watch NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket on the launch pad with this 24-hour livestream
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Astronaut sees sunset from space | Space photo of the day for Jan. 27, 2026
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Houston Texans celebrate upcoming Artemis 2 mission | Space photo of the day for Jan. 23, 2025
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NASA rolls Artemis 2 moon rocket to launch pad | Space photo of the day for Jan. 19, 2025
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Artemis 2 rocket rollout latest news: Giant NASA moon rocket arrives at launch pad
By Tariq Malik Last updated
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Private spaceflight
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Blue Origin launches 6 space tourists to the final frontier after last-minute crew swap (video)
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Watch Blue Origin launch 6 people to suborbital space today
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Superheavy-lift rockets like SpaceX's Starship could transform astronomy by making space telescopes cheaper
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SpaceX shatters its rocket launch record yet again — 165 orbital flights in 2025
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Blue Origin launches 1st wheelchair user to space and back (video)
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Blue Origin targeting Dec. 18 for historic 1st spaceflight of wheelchair user
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From Bezos to beyond: Blue Origin quiz
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Next Blue Origin tourist launch will fly wheelchair user to space for 1st time
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Blue Origin launches 6 'Space Nomads,' including mystery passenger, on suborbital space tourist flight (video)
By Mike Wall Published
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Satellites
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Amazon's internet-beaming satellites are bright enough to disrupt astronomical research, study finds
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Earthquake sensors can track space junk that crashes back to Earth
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin plans to build 5,400-satellite megaconstellation
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The risk of falling space junk hitting airplanes is on the rise, experts warn
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The next frontier in space is closer than you think – welcome to the world of very low Earth orbit satellites
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SpaceX lowering orbits of 4,400 Starlink satellites for safety's sake
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Golden satellite insulation sparkles during test | Space photo of the day for Dec. 30, 2025
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Doomed SpaceX Starlink satellite photographed from orbit
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Satellites reveal heat leaking from largest US cryptocurrency mining center
By Tereza Pultarova Published
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Search for Life
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Goodbye Goldilocks: Scientists may have to look beyond habitable zones to find alien life
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Proteins before planets: How space ice may have created the 1st building blocks of life
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Can we use bees as a model of intelligent alien life to develop interstellar communication?
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Astronomers searching for alien life are sharpening our cosmic clocks. Here's why
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This SETI program is chasing down its final 100 signals. Could one of them be from aliens?
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NASA funds new tech for upcoming 'Super Hubble' to search for alien life: 'We intend to move with urgency'
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Jupiter ocean moon Europa likely lacks tectonic activity, reducing its chances for life
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How did life begin on Earth? New experiments support 'RNA world' hypothesis
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Can scientists detect life without knowing what it looks like? Research using machine learning offers a new way
By Amirali Aghazadeh Published
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Goodbye Goldilocks: Scientists may have to look beyond habitable zones to find alien life
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ReferenceSpace calendar 2026: Rocket launches, skywatching events, missions & more!
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NASA and SpaceX move up launch of Crew-12 astronauts to Feb. 11 as relief crew after ISS medical evacuation
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