Rare Florida Freeze Forces Two-Day Slip of Artemis II Moonshot
Facing predawn forecasts below NASA’s 41 °F fueling threshold, managers bumped Artemis II’s earliest launch from 6 Feb to 8 Feb and shifted the wet-dress rehearsal two days later.
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Moltbook’s Misconfigured Database Exposes 1.5 M API Keys Days After AI-Written Site Launch
Cybersecurity firm Wiz found and reported an open Supabase backend that let anyone read or edit Moltbook’s data, spilling 1.5 million agent API tokens and ≈35 000 user emails before being locked down within hours on 2 Feb 2026.
SpaceX Slashes Orbits of 4,400 Starlink Sats After 200-m China Near-Miss
In January 2026 SpaceX said it will lower about 40 % of its Starlink fleet from 550 km to 480 km during 2026, a move triggered by a 10 Dec 2025 200-metre brush with a newly launched Chinese Earth-imaging satellite and mounting evidence that LEO collision margins have evaporated.
SpaceX Acts to Disable Russian Starlink-Guided BM-35 Drones
After Kyiv verified Russian drones using hijacked Starlink terminals, Ukraine and SpaceX opened a rapid-response channel on 29 Jan 2026 and began cutting connectivity to those units.
SpaceX Seeks FCC Green Light for 1-Million-Satellite Orbital AI Cloud
On 30 January 2026, SpaceX formally petitioned the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to authorize an unprecedented constellation of up to one million low-Earth-orbit satellites that would function as solar-powered data centers for artificial-intelligence workloads.
SpaceX Seeks FCC OK for 1 Million AI Data Satellites as New Study Puts LEO ‘CRASH Clock’ at 2.8 Days
On 31 Jan 2026, SpaceX filed with the FCC to deploy up to one million solar-powered data-center satellites—just days after researchers reported that Low-Earth Orbit would suffer a catastrophic collision only 2.8 days after loss of control, highlighting the collision crisis even as SpaceX plans massive expansion.
Blue Origin Suspends New Shepard Tourism Until 2028 to Fast-Track Blue Moon Lander
On 30 Jan 2026, Blue Origin grounded its New Shepard rocket for a minimum two-year hiatus, diverting staff and capital to finish its Blue Moon human lander for NASA’s Artemis V mission.
Google Debuts Project Genie AI World-Builder, Sending Game-Engine Stocks Spiraling
Google opened paid early access to its Project Genie AI on 30 Jan 2026, and within the same trading day Unity, Roblox and Take-Two shares crashed up to 24 % on fears the tool could automate large chunks of game development.
Single-Transit Discovery of Earth-Sized Candidate Planet HD 137010 b 150 Light-Years Away
On 27 January 2026 researchers reported a one-off Kepler/K2 transit indicating HD 137010 b, a rocky world just 6 % larger than Earth with a ~355-day orbit near the cold edge of its star’s habitable zone.
US Regulators Launch Dual Probes After Waymo Robotaxi Hits Child in Santa Monica School Zone
On 29 Jan 2026, NHTSA and NTSB each opened formal investigations into Waymo’s self-driving fleet following a Jan 23 crash in which an unoccupied robotaxi struck a 10-year-old girl outside a Santa Monica elementary school.
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