Amy Thompson is a Florida-based space and science journalist, who joined Space.com as a contributing writer in 2015. She's passionate about all things space and is a huge science and science-fiction geek. Star Wars is her favorite fandom, with that sassy little droid, R2D2 being her favorite. She studied science at the University of Florida, earning a degree in microbiology. Her work has also been published in Newsweek, VICE, Smithsonian, and many more. Now she chases rockets, writing about launches, commercial space, space station science, and everything in between.
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SpaceX will launch its next batch of Starlink satellites on Thursday (Feb. 4), as part of a potential launch doubleheader that will further expand the company's satellite-internet fleet.

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SiriusXM's newest satellite, SXM-7, has suffered undisclosed failures during in-orbit testing, the company revealed in an SEC filing on Wednesday (Jan. 27).

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Here's that time when a SpaceX rocket came home leaning like the Tower of Pisa.

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SpaceX successfully launched an ambitious rideshare mission as one of its veteran rockets hoisted a record 143 small satellites into space before nailing a landing at sea.

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SpaceX is preparing one of its veteran rockets to launch a stack of small satellites into space on Sunday (Jan. 24). Here's how to watch.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched on a record 8th flight to send a new fleet of the company's Starlink internet satellites into orbit on Wednesday (Jan.20) and then nailed a landing at sea.

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SpaceX will launch its first batch of Starlink satellites in 2021 on Tuesday (Jan. 19) to expand the company's growing megaconstellation and you can watch the action live online.

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NASA fired up the core stage of its massive new megarocket Saturday (Jan. 16) in a critical test that appeared to shut down early.

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NASA will attempt to fire the engines on its Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket for the first time today and you can watch the fiery action live online.

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SpaceX kicked off what is expected to be another launch-packed year by delivering a Turkish communications satellite to orbit tonight (Jan. 7).

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SpaceX is set to launch a Turkish communications satellite into orbit on Thursday evening (Jan. 7), and you can watch the action online.

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The International Space Station is now sporting a shiny new piece of hardware.

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SpaceX launched a clandestine U.S. spy satellite into space for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Thursday (Dec. 17), marking its 26th rocket of the year.

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SpaceX is set to launch a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office on Thursday (Dec. 17), during a three-hour launch window that opens at 9:45 a.m. EST (1400 GMT).

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SpaceX launched a veteran Falcon 9 rockets on its seventh trip to space Sunday (Dec. 13) to carry a massive radio satellite into orbit for Sirius XM and then return to Earth.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch on its seventh flight Friday (Dec. 11) to deliver the Sirius XM-7 communications satellite into orbit.

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A Delta IV Heavy launched the heavy NROL-44 spacecraft for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office today (Dec. 10).

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A new U.S. spy satellite will launch into space Thursday (Dec. 10) on the mightiest rocket built by the United Launch Alliance: the massive Delta IV Heavy. Watch it live.

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SpaceX launched its 100th successful Falcon 9 rocket flight to send an upgraded Dragon cargo ship into space for NASA Sunday (Dec. 6).

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SpaceX will launch its a Dragon spacecraft packed with NASA cargo to the International Space Station today in its first uncrewed mission with its upgraded spacecraft.

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SpaceX's next resupply mission to the International Space Station, scheduled to launch Sunday (Dec. 6), will carry a host of science gear to the astronauts living and working on the orbiting lab.

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SpaceX just launched one of its Falcon 9 rockets for a record seventh time. The booster carried a stack of 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit and then nailed a landing at sea.

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SpaceX is gearing up for a potential launch double header this weekend. Here's how to watch them live.
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