Lauren Sanchez's first trip to space gave her major perspective. Here's what she realized while floating above the Earth.

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Lauren Sánchez hugs Jeff Bezos after her spaceflight.

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Photos show the 1,000 pounds of space debris that crash landed in Kenya. It's unclear who it belongs to.

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Kenyan officials examine a metallic ring that fell from space.

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NASA launches a probe to find out if there really could be alien life on Jupiter's moon Europa

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A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off carrying NASA's Europa Clipper mission.

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See Elon Musk's Starship shredding apart as it descends to Earth, with a whole fin almost ripping off

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This flap on Starship looked very different at the beginning and end of the plummet back to Earth.

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Starship lands in the ocean with its engines firing for the first time, bringing Elon Musk one step closer to Mars

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Starship launching from Boca Chica, Texas, on its fourth test flight toward space.

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Boeing's long-delayed Starliner finally takes off with astronauts on board

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Boeing's Starliner launched two NASA astronauts toward space.

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Video of SpaceX's Starship reentry shows the ultra-hot plasma plummet back to Earth like never before

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A screengrab from Starship's reentry video shows ultra-hot plasma gathering on the spaceship's belly.

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Elon Musk was nowhere to be seen at Starship's first successful launch to orbit

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Starship is one Elon Musk's biggest pet projects, but he didn't seem to be present for its first successful launch to orbit.

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Starship's 3rd-launch success: Rocket finally soared to space without blowing up, but SpaceX lost it on reentry

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Starship launches from SpaceX's South Texas launchpad.

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SpaceX is attempting its 3rd Starship launch today. Watch live to see if the rocket explodes again or finally reaches orbit.

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A screengrab from SpaceX's livestream on X shows Starship lifting off for its second attempt at space.

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