SpaceX launched the first mission of 2026 tonight (Jan. 2), sending an Italian Earth-observing satellite to orbit.

“Some will not change behavior until something bad happens.”

Iran has launched a trio of new satellites into space with the help of a Russian rocket, the country’s state media reported Sunday (Dec. 28).
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We saw quite a few milestones notched in the final frontier this year. But there were a number of failures as well, some of them quite dramatic.
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