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SpaceX launches Crew-12 to ISS with ESA's Sophie Adenot on eight-month mission

On 13 February 2026 at 10:15 GMT a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched from Cape Canaveral's SLC‑40 carrying Crew‑12 to the International Space Station. ESA mission specialist Sophie Adenot, on her first orbital flight, joins NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev for an eight‑month expedition.

2026-02-13T02:49:44.584235-08:00

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NASA completes first flight of laminar‑flow scale‑model wing on F‑15B

2026-02-12T18:14:29.039379-08:00

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Axiom Space raises $350M to accelerate commercial station and NASA lunar spacesuits

2026-02-12T13:54:10.035042-08:00

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NASA selects Vast for sixth private astronaut mission to ISS, targeting summer 2027

2026-02-12T13:30:22.193690-08:00

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SpaceX launches Crew-12 to ISS with ESA's Sophie Adenot on eight-month mission On 13 February 2026 at 10:15 GMT a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched from Cape Canaveral's SLC‑40 carrying Crew‑12 to the International Space Station. ESA mission specialist Sophie Adenot, on her first orbital flight, joins NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev for an eight‑month expedition.

2026-02-13T02:49:44.584235-08:00

SpaceX launches Crew-12 to ISS with ESA's Sophie Adenot on eight-month mission

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NASA completes first flight of laminar‑flow scale‑model wing on F‑15B NASA flew a scale‑model laminar‑flow wing for the first time aboard an F‑15B research jet at Edwards’ Armstrong Flight Research Center, validating in‑flight behavior of a low‑drag wing concept designed to reduce skin‑friction and cut fuel burn on future commercial aircraft.

2026-02-12T18:14:29.039379-08:00

NASA completes first flight of laminar‑flow scale‑model wing on F‑15B

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Axiom Space raises $350M to accelerate commercial station and NASA lunar spacesuits Axiom Space raised $350 million to accelerate development of a commercial space station successor to the ISS and to build new NASA spacesuits, including lunar suits for Artemis missions. The financing is backed in part by a venture firm linked to Donald Trump Jr.

2026-02-12T13:54:10.035042-08:00

Axiom Space raises $350M to accelerate commercial station and NASA lunar spacesuits

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NASA selects Vast for sixth private astronaut mission to ISS, targeting summer 2027 NASA and Vast have signed an order for the sixth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeting launch no earlier than summer 2027 from Florida. The move marks Vast's first private crew flight and heightens competition with Axiom, which flew the prior five missions.

2026-02-12T13:30:22.193690-08:00

NASA selects Vast for sixth private astronaut mission to ISS, targeting summer 2027

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NASA conducts unannounced liquid‑hydrogen load to validate SLS umbilical repairs as Artemis II slips to March NASA quietly loaded liquid hydrogen into the Space Launch System core stage at Kennedy Space Center to test repairs to a leaky umbilical that derailed a Feb. 2 wet dress rehearsal. The unannounced fueling validates fixes after hours‑long countdown holds and follows a slip of Artemis II to March.

2026-02-12T07:33:48.280724-08:00

NASA conducts unannounced liquid‑hydrogen load to validate SLS umbilical repairs as Artemis II slips to March

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Curiosity finds long‑chain organics on Mars; abundances resist abiotic explanations Scientists analyzing a Curiosity sample from ancient Gale Crater mudstone report detection of long‑chain alkanes (decane–dodecane) — the largest organic molecules yet on Mars — and conclude known abiotic sources (including meteoritic input) cannot fully account for their abundance, bolstering but not proving a biological origin.

2026-02-12T06:53:34.749322-08:00

Curiosity finds long‑chain organics on Mars; abundances resist abiotic explanations

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B612 Foundation builds nonprofit planetary‑defense tools to detect and deflect hazardous asteroids The B612 Foundation, a nonprofit focused on planetary defence, is developing detection and intervention tools to identify and neutralize Earth‑crossing asteroids — work its leaders call ‘about our planetary future.’ Its efforts aim to complement government programs and close capability gaps in spotting and mitigating impact threats.

2026-02-12T03:09:16.956225-08:00

B612 Foundation builds nonprofit planetary‑defense tools to detect and deflect hazardous asteroids

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Can a nonprofit help protect Earth from dangerous asteroids? How the B612 Foundation has taken on the challenge

2026-02-12T03:09:16.956225-08:00

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SpaceX launches Crew-12 to ISS with ESA's Sophie Adenot on eight-month mission

NASA completes first flight of laminar‑flow scale‑model wing on F‑15B

Axiom Space raises $350M to accelerate commercial station and NASA lunar spacesuits

NASA selects Vast for sixth private astronaut mission to ISS, targeting summer 2027

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