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Space calendar 2024: Rocket launches, skywatching events, missions & more!
By Space.com last updated
Reference Keep up with all the rocket launches, astronomical events and mission milestones for 2024 with our space calendar.
Sprites from space! Astronaut photographs rare red lightning phenomenon from ISS
By Elizabeth Howell published
NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick caught a rare surprise while imaging an intense thunderstorm off the coast of South Africa. He spotted a red sprite, a rare type of lightning.
NASA confirms space debris in North Carolina was from SpaceX Crew Dragon reentry
By Brett Tingley published
NASA has confirmed that pieces of debris found throughout the mountains of North Carolina are the remnants of SpaceX Crew Dragon hardware that reentered the atmosphere in May 2024.
On this day in space! June 25, 1997: Spacecraft collides with Mir space station
By Hanneke Weitering last updated
On June 25, 1997, a Russian Progress M-34 spacecraft collided with the Russian Mir space station.
SpaceX rolls Falcon Heavy rocket out to pad for GOES-U weather satellite launch (photos)
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX rolled its Falcon Heavy rocket out to the pad on Monday (June 24) ahead of its 10th-ever launch, which is scheduled for Tuesday (June 25).
Powerful GOES-U weather satellite cleared for launch today on SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket
By Meredith Garofalo published
NOAA's GOES-U weather satellite has been cleared for its planned liftoff today (June 25) atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin could soon launch Nigeria's 1st-ever space tourist
By Andrew Jones published
A Nigerian could soon make it to space for the first time ever, via Jeff Bezos' aerospace company Blue Origin.
Florida family files claim with NASA after ISS space junk crashes into home
By Josh Dinner published
A Florida family has filed a claim with NASA after discarded components from the International Space Station crashed through their house.
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