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A veteran SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 60 new Starlink internet satellites into orbit on Tuesday (March 2) at 7:53 p.m. EST (0053 March 3 GMT). Watch it live!

This Friday (Mar. 5), Space Chat will explore commercial space initiatives like Inspiration4, which aim to send commercial astronauts to space.

The Xenomorph and Ripley from the iconic science fiction film “Alien” have landed Fortnite.

The private launch company Rocket Lab unveiled its plans to launch a big, new rocket called Neutron by 2024 on Monday (March 1).

Here’s a guide to all the rocket launches and astronomical events in 2021, as well as milestones for space missions, anniversaries and conferences.

This image, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the comet P/2019 LD2 as it swoops closely to the Trojans, the ancient asteroids trapped near Jupiter by the planet’s gravitational pull.

On March 1, 2016, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly came back to Earth after spending almost an entire year at the International Space Station. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

See what’s up in the night sky for March 2021, including stargazing events and the moon’s phases, in this Space.com gallery courtesy of Starry Night Software.

Find out what’s up in your night sky during March 2021 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.

Here’s how to see planets visible in March’s night sky.

Eight years after an asteroid exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, scientists are taking advantage of a flyby of the infamous asteroid Apophis to practice protecting Earth from space rocks.

Two meteor enthusiasts have found a piece of an iron meteorite that fell over Sweden in November 2020.

A veteran SpaceX rocket suffered a launch abort just minutes before liftoff Sunday night (Feb. 28) while attempting to launch 60 Starlink internet satellites.

Two spacewalking astronauts began preparing the International Space Station (ISS) for new solar arrays on Sunday (Feb. 28).

SpaceX will launch its next batch of Starlink satellites on Sunday (Feb. 28) and you can watch it live online.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris made a truly cosmic call to the International Space Station last week to celebrate the milestone spaceflight of NASA astronaut Victor Glover.

A Brazilian Earth observation satellite soared to space aboard an Indian rocket late Saturday (Feb. 27) along with 18 satellites from the United States and India.

This week, the community was left in awe at all the images and sounds coming to us from NASA’s Perseverance rover.

The full moon happens about once a month. Find out when.

The full moon of February, called the Snow Moon, occurs Saturday, Feb. 27, 3:17 a.m. EST (0817 GMT).

Scientists can’t agree on why these hills in the Russian Arctic ripple with stripes.

India will send a Brazilian Earth-observation satellite to space along with 18 additional satellites — and you can watch the launch live.

These are the top space stories this week from Space.com.

See the best photos on Space.com this week.

A camera on the ExoMars orbiter recently captured a photo showing a very, very tiny Perseverance on Mars.

From fist bumps at JPL to Mars donuts at Krispy Kreme and Red Planet billboards in New York City, people went all out for the Perseverance rover’s landing.

This dramatic breakup comes after a major crack formed on the shelf in November 2020 and continued to grow.

Perseverance is set to land inside Mars’ Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021.

The villagers apparently first dismissed this as fake news.

NASA’s Perseverance rover successfully touched down on Mars Feb. 18, and has already begun beaming back images.