Space Debris

The Crew-12 mission to the ISS starts with a Falcon 9 launch Feb. 13 from Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40. Credit: NASA webcast SAN FRANCISCO — A Falcon 9 launched a new crew to the International Space Station Feb. 13 to start a busy schedule of arriving and departing vehicles at the…

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A remarkable new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope highlights a striking mix of brightness and shadow inside the Egg Nebula. This dramatic scene has been shaped by clouds of dust recently expelled by a dying star. About 1,000 light years away in the constellation Cygnus, the nebula surrounds a…

The International Space Station photographed from a Crew Dragon in 2021. Credit: NASA SAN FRANCISCO — NASA has selected commercial space station company Vast to fly a private astronaut mission to the International Space Station in 2027. NASA announced Feb. 12 that it awarded a private astronaut mission (PAM) opportunity…

NASA is racing to save an aging space telescope before it burns up in Earth’s atmosphere. To do that, the space agency has recently limited the mission’s operations in orbit to keep it from moving around so much. NASA suspended most of Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory’s science operations on Wednesday…

Update for 7 a.m. ET: SpaceX successfully launched four astronauts to the International Space Station on the Crew-12 mission. See video and photos of the launch here. SpaceX will launch the latest batch of astronauts to the International Space Station early Friday morning (Feb. 13), and you can watch the…

The first Ariane 64 lifts off Feb. 12 carrying 32 Amazon Leo satellites. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/ArianeGroup/Optique video du CSG–P. Piron MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — The more powerful version of Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket successfully placed a group of Amazon Leo broadband satellites into orbit on the vehicle’s inaugural launch Feb. 12.…

Credit: NASA NASA and Vast have signed an order for the sixth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than summer 2027 from Florida. This private astronaut mission marks the company's first selection to the orbiting laboratory, underscoring NASA's ongoing investment in fostering a…

Closing summary This concludes our live coverage of the second Trump administration for the day, but we will be back at it on Thursday. Here are the latest developments: Donald Trump was presented with yet another award apparently invented just for him, when he received a trophy for being the…

In September, Qualcomm is rumored to be unveiling the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro, with the latter being the company's new top dog in the smartphone SoC space until 2027. Now a new rumor from China claims the Xiaomi 18 will use…