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- Why is Bezos trolling Musk on X with turtle pics? Because he has a new Moon plan. Ars Technica · 13 Feb 2026 "It’s time to go back to the Moon—this time to stay."
- Startup bets on new approach to space-based missile defense SpaceNews · 13 Feb 2026 ‘Our interceptors will actively track hypersonic threats and shortly before impact will deploy large particle clouds’
- Week in images: 09-13 February 2026 ESA · 13 Feb 2026 Week in images: 09-13 February 2026
- Launch of Crew-12 with Sophie Adenot | εpsilon mission ESA · 13 Feb 2026 Watch the launch of ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot to the International Space Station (ISS), aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre. Sophie flies as mission specialist. T...
- Full replay: Launch of Crew-12 with Sophie Adenot | εpsilon mission ESA · 13 Feb 2026 Watch the launch of ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot to the International Space Station (ISS), aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre. Sophie flies as mission specialist. T...
- Crew-12 launches to ISS SpaceNews · 13 Feb 2026 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 station.
- International crew takes off for space station SpaceDaily · 13 Feb 2026 Cape Canaveral (AFP) Feb 13, 2026 NASA launched four astronauts to the International Space Station on Friday, the latest team to head out on a research expedition to the orbiting laboratory. The US space agency's interna...
- UK space firm Skyrora explores buying assets of struggling rival Orbex SpaceDaily · 13 Feb 2026 London (AFP) Feb 12, 2026 British company Skyrora, which designs and builds rockets to carry small satellites into space, announced Thursday it could acquire "select" assets from its stricken rival Orbex, including its s...
- xAI sees key staff exits, Musk promises moon factories SpaceDaily · 13 Feb 2026 San Francisco, United States (AFP) Feb 11, 2026 Half of the original founding team at Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI has now departed after two co-founders resigned in rapid succession this week, raising...
- Europe's most powerful rocket carries 32 satellites for Amazon Leo network into space SpaceDaily · 13 Feb 2026 Kourou (AFP) Feb 12, 2026 The most powerful version of Europe's Ariane 6 rocket Thursday carried 32 satellites into space for the Amazon Leo network, which aims to rival Elon Musk's Starlink. The launch from Europe's spa...
- Strange 'inside-out' planetary system baffles astronomers SpaceDaily · 13 Feb 2026 Paris, France (AFP) Feb 12, 2026 Surprised astronomers said Thursday they have discovered a star with planets in a bizarre order that defies scientific expectations - and suggests these faraway worlds formed in a manner...
- Chance glimpse of star collapse offers new insight into black hole formation SpaceDaily · 13 Feb 2026 New York (AFP) Feb 12, 2026 A watched pot never boils and love happens when you least expect it - turns out, the same logic applies to capturing a star as it collapses into a black hole. At least that proved true for one...
- Vast wins ISS private astronaut mission SpaceNews · 13 Feb 2026 NASA has selected commercial space station company Vast to fly a private astronaut mission to the International Space Station in 2027.
- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Launches to International Space Station NASA · 13 Feb 2026 Four crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission launched at 5:15 a.m. EST Friday from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida for a science expedition aboard the International Space St...
- Crew-12 Lifts Off on Eight-Month ISS Mission SpacePolicyOnline.com · 13 Feb 2026 Crew-12 headed to the International Space Station this morning aboard their SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom. When they arrive tomorrow, the ISS will be restored to its normal crew complement of
- Rocket Report: Say cheerio to Orbex; China is getting good at booster landings Ars Technica · 13 Feb 2026 "You absolutely have to have a plan to compete with SpaceX on price."
- Highlights of Sophie Adenot’s launch to the ISS ESA · 13 Feb 2026 Watch the highlights of the launch of ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot to the International Space Station (ISS) on Crew-12. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Fl...
- China’s iSpace launch firm raises record $729 million for reusable rockets SpaceNews · 13 Feb 2026 Chinese launch firm iSpace has secured a record D++ funding round to accelerate its reusable rocket development efforts and expand its industrial footprint.
- ESA Astronaut Sophie Adenot Launches Aboard SpaceX Crew-12 Mission European Spaceflight · 13 Feb 2026 Three years after the 2022 class was first selected, French Air Force pilot Sophie Adenot has become the first member of the new European Space Agency (ESA) cohort of career astronauts to blast off for the International...
- Launch of Crew-12 to the ISS ESA · 13 Feb 2026 Watch the liftoff of ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot to the International Space Station (ISS), aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre. Sophie flies as mission specialist....
- Earth from Space: Sending love from above ESA · 13 Feb 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- Sunlight Extracts Oxygen From Regolith Using Solar Chemistry NASA · 13 Feb 2026 NASA’s Carbothermal Reduction Demonstration (CaRD) project completed an important step toward using local resources to support human exploration on the Moon. The CaRD team performed integrated prototype testing that used...
- NASA Stennis proves water systems ready for Artemis IV upper stage trials SpaceDaily · 13 Feb 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 13, 2026 A major water system activation at the Thad Cochran Test Stand (B-2) has moved NASA Stennis Space Center a step closer to Green Run testing of the exploration upper stage for the Artemis...
- Stoke Space expands Series D funding to $860M to drive Nova launch development SpaceDaily · 13 Feb 2026 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 13, 2026 Stoke Space Technologies has expanded its previously announced Series D financing round to a total of 860 million dollars as it advances work on its fully and rapidly reusable Nova la...
- Ariane 6 four booster launcher completes on schedule mission SpaceDaily · 13 Feb 2026 Paris, France (SPX) Feb 13, 2026 Europe's Ariane 6 launcher has completed its first mission using a four booster configuration, delivering a full suite of payloads to orbit in a demonstration of its maximum performance v...
- Chang'e-6 farside samples reshape lunar impact history SpaceDaily · 13 Feb 2026 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 13, 2026 Scientists from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the CAS Aerospace Information Research Institute, and collaborating institutions have used...
- ESA signs Ramses spacecraft and cubesat deals for Apophis flyby SpaceDaily · 13 Feb 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 13, 2026 On 10 February 2026 the European Space Agency signed a contract with OHB Italia to develop the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety, known as Ramses, securing the next phase of Europes...
- Swift observatory changes operations ahead of planned orbit reboost SpaceDaily · 13 Feb 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 13, 2026 NASA has adjusted operations of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to reduce atmospheric drag and prepare the spacecraft for a planned orbit-raising mission. On Feb. 11 the mission team...
- AST SpaceMobile deploys record low orbit cellular array on BlueBird 6 SpaceDaily · 13 Feb 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 13, 2026 AST SpaceMobile has completed the unfolding of its next generation BlueBird 6 satellite, deploying what it describes as the largest commercial communications array antenna yet placed in...
- JUNO VR system brings detector events into immersive 3D space SpaceDaily · 13 Feb 2026 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 13, 2026 Researchers working on the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) experiment have developed a Unity-based virtual reality system that immersively visualizes detector geometry and...
- China verifies Long March 10 booster splashdown and crew escape in key lunar test SpaceDaily · 13 Feb 2026 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 13, 2026 China has carried out a pivotal flight test of a prototype rocket and crew spacecraft for its planned manned lunar landing program, validating key ascent, abort, and recovery technologies...
- Mars' "Young" Volcanoes Were More Complex Than Scientists Once Thought SpaceDaily · 13 Feb 2026 Boulder CO USA (SPX) Feb 13, 2026 What appears to be a single volcanic eruption is often the result of complex processes operating deep beneath the surface, where magma moves, evolves, and changes over long periods of ti...
- Titan may have formed in a giant impact between ancient Saturn moons SpaceDaily · 13 Feb 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 13, 2026 Recent modeling work suggests that Saturns largest moon, Titan, may be the product of a violent collision between two earlier moons rather than a relic left over from the systems formati...
- Hydrogen sulfide detected in distant gas giant exoplanets for the first time SpaceDaily · 13 Feb 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 13, 2026 Hydrogen sulfide is what makes rotten eggs stink. But the discovery of this gas in the atmospheres of four distant, Jupiter-like planets is turning heads for a pleasant reason: It solves...
- Debris disc oddities point to hidden outer planets SpaceDaily · 13 Feb 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 13, 2026 Astronomers have obtained some of the most detailed images yet of debris discs around fully formed, so called teenage planetary systems, and say the irregular structures they see could r...
- Stonebreen’s Beating Heart NASA · 13 Feb 2026 The glacier in southeastern Svalbard pulses with the changing seasons, speeding up and slowing its flow toward the sea.
- NASA, SpaceX set for launch of Crew-12 to ISS NASASpaceflight · 13 Feb 2026 SpaceX and NASA are set for the launch of the 12th operational crew rotation mission…
- ULA’s Vulcan Gets USSF Payloads to Orbit Despite Another SRB Anomaly SpacePolicyOnline.com · 13 Feb 2026 United Launch Alliance’s (ULA’s) new Vulcan rocket delivered U.S. Space Force satellites to geosynchronous orbit today despite a “significant performance anomaly” on one of the Solid Rocket Boosters. This was
- Space startups find more paths to liquidity as investors warm to maturing sector SpaceNews · 12 Feb 2026 Young space companies are gaining more ways to cash out or raise larger pools of capital as the industry matures and investors grow more comfortable with the sector.
- First Ariane 64 launches Amazon Leo satellites SpaceNews · 12 Feb 2026 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.