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Europe's most powerful rocket carries 32 satellites for Amazon Leo network into spaceKourou (AFP) Feb 12, 2026 The most powerful version of Europe's Ariane 6 rocket Thursday carried 32 satellites into space for the Amazon Leo network, which aims to rival Elon Musk's Starlink. ... more 
UK space firm Skyrora explores buying assets of struggling rival OrbexLondon (AFP) Feb 12, 2026 British company Skyrora, which designs and builds rockets to carry small satellites into space, announced Thursday it could acquire 'select' assets from its stricken rival Orbex, including its spaceport in Scotland. ... more 
Ariane 6 four booster launcher completes on schedule missionParis, France (SPX) Feb 13, 2026 Europe's Ariane 6 launcher has completed its first mission using a four booster configuration, delivering a full suite of payloads to orbit in a demonstration of its maximum performance variant. ... more 
Stoke Space expands Series D funding to $860M to drive Nova launch developmentSydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 13, 2026 Stoke Space Technologies has expanded its previously announced Series D financing round to a total of 860 million dollars as it advances work on its fully and rapidly reusable Nova launch vehicle an ... more |
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China verifies Long March 10 booster splashdown and crew escape in key lunar testTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 13, 2026 China has carried out a pivotal flight test of a prototype rocket and crew spacecraft for its planned manned lunar landing program, validating key ascent, abort, and recovery technologies needed for ... more 
NASA Stennis proves water systems ready for Artemis IV upper stage trialsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 13, 2026 A major water system activation at the Thad Cochran Test Stand (B-2) has moved NASA Stennis Space Center a step closer to Green Run testing of the exploration upper stage for the Artemis IV mission. ... more 
xAI sees key staff exits, Musk promises moon factoriesSan Francisco, United States (AFP) Feb 11, 2026 Half of the original founding team at Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI has now departed after two co-founders resigned in rapid succession this week, raising fresh questions about talent retention ahead of an expected initial public offering. ... more  
China rolls out BeiDou satellite messaging for emergency useTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 10, 2026 China has introduced a new satellite short messaging service that uses the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System to maintain communication when ground-based mobile networks are unavailable. The service ... more |
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NASA crew set for flight to ISSCape Canaveral (AFP) Feb 13, 2026 NASA is set to launch four astronauts to the International Space Station on Friday, replacing a crew that was evacuated early due to a medical issue. ... more 
How Space Exploration Quietly Shapes the Ways Young People Map Their FuturesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 14, 2026 Space is not about rockets or exotically new worlds but represents humankind's habit of thinking in the long run, investing effort in knowledge, and making calls whose possible effects will only appear decades later. ... more  
When Earth's magnetic field took its time flippingSalt Lake City UT (SPX) Feb 10, 2026 Earth's magnetic field is generated by the churn of its liquid nickel-iron outer core, but it is not a constant feature. Every so often, the magnetic north and south poles swap places in what ... more 
Satellite study revises methane loss high in Earth atmosphereLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 10, 2026 Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas that traps heat efficiently in Earth atmosphere, and scientists estimate that it accounts for about 30 percent of modern global warming despite being less abunda ... more |
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New axis grid links complex earth data in space and timeBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 A new axis based grid model illustrates how independent spatial, temporal, and parametric axes can be combined to describe complex earth observation data sets in a single coherent framework. T ... more  
Flexible electronics reshape intelligent robot designTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 With robots taking on more roles in daily life and industry, their evolution toward autonomous intelligence is being held back by rigid electronic hardware that cannot conform to complex, curved bod ... more
Launch to ISS pushed to Thursday over weather: NASAWashington, United States (AFP) Feb 9, 2026 NASA on Monday delayed by one day the journey of four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) over weather conditions. ... more 
Voyager wins NASA ISS mission management role through 2030Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 10, 2026 Voyager Technologies has secured a new Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity mission management contract from NASA's Johnson Space Center with a ceiling of 24.5 million dollars over four years to ... more |
 
Firefly prepares Alpha Flight 7 stairway to seven missionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 10, 2026 Firefly Aerospace is preparing its next Alpha rocket mission, Flight 7 Stairway to Seven, as a dedicated return-to-flight test from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. ... more 
Shenzhen district powers dense robot innovation ecosystemTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 Nanshan district in Shenzhen has built one of the densest hardware and robotics clusters on the planet, centered on a 10-kilometer stretch of Liuxian Avenue known locally as Robot Valley that packs ... more 
Climate change speeds up destruction of key greenhouse gasLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 Scientists at the University of California, Irvine report that human driven climate change is causing nitrous oxide, a major greenhouse gas and ozone depleting substance, to break down in the atmosp ... more 
EUMETSAT extends role in DestinE digital twin infrastructureParis, France (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 The EUMETSAT Council has confirmed that the organisation will remain a key contributor to the European Commission's Destination Earth initiative as it enters Phase Three later this year. Launc ... more |
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OpenClaw's AI agent does everything, even social mediaWashington, United States (AFP) Feb 2, 2026 Meet OpenClaw: the AI assistant that promised to be your dream intern, terrified cybersecurity experts, and now thrives on chatbot-only social media - all in just a few weeks. ... more  
Raytheon demonstrates recoverable Coyote system against drone swarmsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 13, 2026 Raytheon, an RTX business, has demonstrated the Coyote Block 3 Non-Kinetic system defeating multiple drone swarms during a recent U.S. Army exercise in the United States. The event highlighted the s ... more 
Drones, sirens, army posters: How four years of war changed a Russian cityVoronezh, Russia (AFP) Feb 13, 2026 A drone whirred through a shopping centre in the Russian city of Voronezh as Shaman, an operator for the Russian army, showed shoppers one of the devices that have dominated the battlefield in Ukraine. ... more 
Macron calls Musk 'an oversubsidised guy', prompting retortAntwerp, Belgium (AFP) Feb 11, 2026 French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday cited state support for Elon Musk's Starlink as an argument for public investment in European industry, provoking a response from the world's richest man after calling him 'oversubsidised' ... more |
UK backs new electric propulsion hub for satellite enginesLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 A new electric propulsion laboratory for satellite engines has opened at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, providing UK space companies with access to advanced testing and de ... more 
EU eyes tighter registration, no-fly zones to tackle drone threatsBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 11, 2026 The EU on Wednesday said it wanted to tighten drone registration, create no-fly zones and ramp up detection at critical sites after a string of unexplained sightings rocked European countries last year. ... more  
Norway buys French bombs for Ukraine: ministryOslo (AFP) Feb 12, 2026 Norway on Thursday announced it was buying a 'large volume' of French glide bombs as part of a bilateral agreement to support Ukraine militarily against Russia's invasion. ... more  
Mexican navy ships arrive with humanitarian aid for CubaHavana (AFP) Feb 12, 2026 Two Mexican navy ships arrived in Cuba with more than 800 tons of much-needed humanitarian aid Thursday, as the island nation struggles under what amounts to a US blockade of oil deliveries. ... more |
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German union urges homegrown fighter jet in blow to European planFrankfurt, Germany (AFP) Feb 9, 2026 Germany's largest union on Monday called for Berlin to develop its own fighter jet, after French President Emmanuel Macron urged progress on a troubled joint European warplane project. ... more 
Britain Launches Secure Satellite Timing System to Guard Critical ServicesLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 Britain has contracted GMV to build a Two-Way Satellite Time and Frequency Transfer system designed to deliver assured Position, Navigation and Time services for national infrastructure, defense ope ... more 
Isar Aerospace expands engine and stage testing at EsrangeMunich, Germany (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 Isar Aerospace is expanding its test operations at Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, Sweden, by establishing a second test site in cooperation with SSC Space. The new infrastructure is intended to sup ... more 
Huge pit visible in Shanghai after viral sinkhole videoShanghai (AFP) Feb 13, 2026 A gaping sinkhole was visible at a Shanghai construction site on Friday, according to an AFP reporter, a day after dramatic footage purporting to show the ground collapsing went viral. ... more |
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