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The Launchpad

SpaceX launches 6th-ever Falcon Heavy mission

(SpaceX)

SpaceX launched its powerful Falcon Heavy rocket for the sixth time ever on Sunday (April 30), sending three satellites to distant geostationary orbit.

Full Story: Space (4/26)

SpaceX Dragon debris lights up sky in bright fireball

(Will B. / AMS Meteors)

A piece of a SpaceX spacecraft made a dramatic but harmless re-entry over the western United States late Thursday (April 27).

Full Story: Space (4/29)

Space quiz! Falcon Heavy's 1st flight famously launched what mannequin to deep space in a Tesla Roadster?

Learn the answer here!

Moonikin Campos

Starman

Elon Muskequin

Manne-Gwynne Shotwell

Space Deal of the Day

Best headlamps 2023: Wearable lights for stargazing

(Getty Images)

The best headlamps are ideal for stargazing, keeping hands free whilst preserving night vision with red light.

Full Story: Space (4/30)

Spaceflight

Europe's JUICE Jupiter probe has an antenna glitch

(ESA/ ATG MediaLab)

Engineers "have lots of ideas up their sleeves" to fix the issue, the European Space Agency says.

Full Story: Space (5/1)

NASA satellite crash not source of light above Ukraine

(NASA)

NASA has denied claims made by Kyiv's city authorities that a mysterious, dazzling flash of light above Ukraine's capital was caused by one of its defunct satellites tumbling to Earth.

Full Story: Space (4/30)

Science & Astronomy

Moonquakes could 'smooth out' the surfaces of icy moons

(NASA/JPL-Caltech/Brown University)

Tectonic activity triggered by the gravitational influence of the gas giants causes landslides of icy debris.

Full Story: Space (5/1)

See Mercury's comet-like tail in stunning new image

(Dr. Sebastian Voltmer | www.voltmer.photo)

Mercury has been spotted cosplaying as a comet recently when the sun's neighboring planet reached its nearest point to our star, exposing its massive, streaking tail in the night sky.

Full Story: Space (4/30)

Technology

Veteran pilot on how to make lunar gravity in a plane

(ESA)

Novespace chief parabolic flight pilot explains why there are four pilots on each flight and what equipment they use to share control over the aircraft.

Full Story: Space (5/1)