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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with a payload of Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet satellites stands ready for launch at Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Monday, April 28, 2025, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Amazon launches its first internet satellites to compete against SpaceX’s Starlinks

April 28, 2025 at 6:28 p.m.

Amazon’s first batch of internet satellites rocketed toward orbit Monday, the latest entry in the mega constellation market currently dominated by SpaceX’s thousands of Starlinks.

This image provided by Blue Origin shows, first row, seated, from left: Lauren Sanchez and Kerianne Flynn and standing in back from left: Amanda Nguyen, Katy Perry, Gayle King and Aisha Bowe in West Texas. (Blue Origin via AP)

Blue Origin launches an all-female celebrity crew with Katy Perry, Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez

April 14, 2025 at 3:35 p.m.

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launched his fiancee Lauren Sanchez to space Monday with an all-female celebrity crew that included Katy Perry and Gayle King.

This image taken from NASA video shows the SpaceX capsule carrying NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore and Nick Hague, and Russian astronaut Alexander Gorbunov, after undocking from the International Space Station on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (NASA via AP)

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams return to Earth after 9 months stuck in space

March 18, 2025 at 7:46 p.m.

Stuck in space no more, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, hitching a different ride home to close out a saga that began with...

This image made from video by NASA shows astronauts Don Pettit, bottom center, hugging Kirill Peskov as astronauts greet each other after the SpaceX capsule docked with the International Space Station, Sunday, March 16, 2025. (NASA via AP)

NASA’s stuck astronauts welcome their newly arrived replacements to the space station

March 16, 2025 at 12:46 p.m.

Just over a day after blasting off, a SpaceX crew capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, delivering the replacements for NASA’s two stuck astronauts.

Crew10 members, from left, cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, astronaut Nichole Ayers, astronaut Anne McClain and JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi leave the Operations and Checkout building before heading to Launch Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., for a mission to the International Space Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

SpaceX launches a new crew to the space station to replace NASA’s stuck astronauts

March 14, 2025 at 6:11 p.m.

The replacements for NASA’s two stuck astronauts launched to the International Space Station on Friday night, paving the way for the pair’s return after nine long months.

This photo provided by NASA shows the Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander approaching the surface of the moon on Thursday, March 6, 2025. (NASA via AP)

Private lunar lander is declared dead after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole

March 7, 2025 at 12:24 p.m.

A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday.

SpaceX's mega rocket Starship lifts off for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

SpaceX’s latest Starship test flight ends with another explosion

March 6, 2025 at 7:03 p.m.

SpaceX has blown up another Starship mega rocket on a test flight.

This image provided by Firefly Aerospace on Feb. 26, 2025 shows Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander orbiting the moon. (Firefly Aerospace via AP)

Private lunar lander Blue Ghost aces moon touchdown with a special delivery for NASA

March 2, 2025 at 10:30 a.m.

A private lunar lander carrying a drill, vacuum and other experiments for NASA touched down on the moon Sunday, the latest in a string of companies looking to kickstart business...

FILE – This May 18, 1969 photo provided by NASA shows Earth from 36,000 nautical miles away as photographed from the Apollo 10 spacecraft during its trans-lunar journey toward the moon. (NASA via AP)

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer a threat to Earth, scientists say

February 25, 2025 at 11:57 a.m.

Scientists have finally given the all-clear to Earth from a newly discovered asteroid.

SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship launches for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

SpaceX launch accident likely caused by fire that sent trails of flaming debris near the Caribbean

January 17, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.

SpaceX suspects a fire may have caused its Starship to break apart during liftoff and send trails of flaming debris near the Caribbean.

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