July 12, 2026
The Smile spacecraft lifted off on a Vega-C rocket from E... — July 12, 2026
The slender crescent Moon graces the evening sky briefly before setting. Dark skies follow for most of the night.
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Calaroga Shark Media. Welcome to space news and weather today.
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The ringed planet Saturn reaches peak visibility this month. Jupiter
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follows behind, rising around midnight and offering spectacular views before sunrise.
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The slender crescent Moon graces the evening sky briefly before setting.
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Dark skies follow for most of the night. Look overhead
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for the summer triangle three bright stars from three different
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constellations Vega, denib and Altaire. This asterism dominates the summer sky.
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The Smile spacecraft lifted off on a Vega Sea rocket
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from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana bst A five point
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fifty two cest on nineteenth May twenty twenty six. The
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launch marks the beginning of an ambitious to better understand
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solar storms, geomagnetic storms, and the science of space weather.
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Launch coming up in the next couple of days, A
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Falcon nine from Vandenberg Space Force Space California SpaceX is
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sending up Starlink Internet satellites. NASA's space weather trackers also
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note a burst of solar material was seen leaving the Sun.
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The Sun has been active lately, with several sunspot groups
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dotting its surface. Solar flares are possible over the next
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day or two. For now, Aurora chances are moderate for
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those in far northern latitudes. That's your space update for today,
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compiled by AI from NASA and Spaceflight News.
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