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SpaceX’s Crew-12 astronaut mission docked with the short-staffed International Space Station on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026.
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One to orbit, one to the moon.

SpaceX launched NASA’s Crew-12 mission with a quartet of astronauts aboard Crew Dragon Freedom today (Feb. 13), bound for an eight-month stint on the International Space Station.
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SpaceX will launch the latest batch of astronauts to the International Space Station early Friday morning (Feb. 13), and you can watch the action live.
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A Vulcan Centaur rocket successfully launched two U.S. spy satellites on Feb. 12 despite suffering an anomaly with one of its solid rocket boosters, echoing the result of an October 2024 mission.
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The most powerful version of Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket flew for the first time ever on Thursday (Feb. 12), launching 32 of Amazon’s internet satellites to orbit.
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Liftoff of the USSF-87 mission occurred at 4:22 a.m. ET on Thursday (Feb. 12).

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026.
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NASA and SpaceX mission managers have delayed the Falcon 9 launch of the next crew to the International Space Station as they await improved weather conditions.
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