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Blue Origin set to launch all-female spaceflight with Katy Perry on April 14
By Mike Wall published
Blue Origin will launch an all-female spaceflight with Katy Perry on Monday morning (April 14), and you can watch the historic action live.

SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket, lands booster on ship at sea
By Josh Dinner published
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Saturday (April 12), carrying 21 Starlink satellites to orbit.

Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?
By Josh Dinner, Tariq Malik last updated
Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.

'The Dream is [still] Alive': First IMAX film shot in space at 40 years
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
James Neihouse had one more thing to share. He pulled out a frame displaying strips of tape, each of which had notes from astronauts who filmed the IMAX movie "The Dream is Alive" 40 years ago.

'I'm really excited about the engineering of it all.' Katy Perry is psyched for her Blue Origin launch on April 14
By Josh Dinner published
The pop star is leaning into STEM ahead of her spaceflight.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 156 — Rocket Blast
By Space.com Staff published
On Episode 156 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik welcome Phil Metzger to discuss the dangerous realities of rocket plumes.

SpaceX launches 9th batch of 'proliferated architecture' spy satellites for US government (video)
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX launched the ninth batch of "proliferated architecture" spy satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office from Calfornia's central coast today (April 12).

On this day in space! April 12, 1961: Yuri Gagarin becomes 1st human in space
By Hanneke Weitering last updated
On April 12, 1961, a human went to space for the first time! Yuri Gagarin was the first Soviet cosmonaut and the first person to orbit the Earth.
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