Space Exploration
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United Launch Alliance Successfully Returns Vulcan Centaur to Flight After Nine-Month Grounding
United Launch Alliance successfully launched its Vulcan Centaur rocket from Florida, ending a nine-month grounding following previous booster…
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How NASA Is Adapting Its Artemis Timeline as SpaceX Ramps Up Starship
As SpaceX accelerates its heavy-lift architecture, NASA navigates partnership shifts, astronaut recruitment, and the transition to commercial space…
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SpaceX Starship Flight 15 attempts first full rocket recovery in history
SpaceX launches its 15th Starship test on Nov. 13, aiming to catch both the booster and upper stage…
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AST SpaceMobile builds Blacklift rocket to reduce SpaceX dependence
Company unveils reusable launch vehicle to deploy BlueBird satellites independently starting late 2028
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How NASA’s CLPS 2.0 Contracts Are Redefining Lunar Rover Tech and Costs
By outsourcing rover development to private firms like Astrolab and ispace, NASA slashes costs, speeds up innovation, and…
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NASA Accelerates Artemis Moon Return Plans Following Successful SLS Launch
After the powerful Artemis II launch tore a hole in the atmosphere, NASA leadership confirmed an urgent path…
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NASA Swift telescope reenters Earth’s atmosphere after 22-year mission
The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is falling to Earth after a failed orbit-boost attempt, prompting NASA to seek…
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Comet Impacts Unlikely to Deliver Intact Ingredients for Life to Earth
New simulations show fragile organic molecules vaporize on impact, overturning the theory that comets seeded Earth with life’s…
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The Lunar Gateway: NASA’s Planned Orbital Outpost Around the Moon
LONDON, July 13 — The Lunar Gateway, the small space station planned for orbit around the Moon, is…
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How NASA’s Voyager Probes Travelled From Jupiter and Saturn to Interstellar Space
PASADENA, August 5 — The Voyager program, an enduring testament to human ingenuity and our relentless quest to…
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Space Surveillance Network Tracks Debris Larger Than 10cm in Low Earth Orbit
LONDON, July 14 — The U.S. Space Surveillance Network is the quiet workhorse behind every satellite collision warning…
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China’s Crewed Moon Landing Will Ride Two Long March 10 Rockets
BEIJING, July 10 — China’s push to land astronauts on the Moon by 2030 rests heavily on the…
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Voyager 1’s Big Bang: Power Cuts, a 48-Hour Silence and One Light-Day
LOS ANGELES, July 9 — The two most distant human-made objects in the universe are about to fall…
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SpaceX’s Independence From NASA Signals Shift In US Commercial Spaceflight Strategy
As SpaceX prepares to stop flying Crew Dragon for NASA by 2030, the company’s dominance reveals a strategic…
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ULA Vulcan Rocket Returns to Flight After Fixing Nozzle Failures
United Launch Alliance resumes Vulcan operations with improved solid rocket boosters following a nine-month grounding due to nozzle…
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Apollo to Artemis: NASA’s 50-Year Quest to Return Humans to the Moon
WASHINGTON, July 13 — The technical reality of getting humans back to the Moon is a matter of…
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Building the Florida Infrastructure Behind Blue Origin’s High-Cadence Ambitions
Blue Origin invests over $3 billion in Florida manufacturing, launch pads, and recovery ships to support multiple weekly…
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How Martian Moons Exploration Will Use MEGANE and Advanced Samplers to Uncover Phobos’s Secrets
Discover the scientific instruments and sample-collection mechanics designed to reveal the origins of Mars’s moons on the MMX…
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How Neutrinos, the Universe’s Ghost Particles, Reveal Cosmic Origins
Neutrinos are nearly massless, elusive particles that pass through matter unimpeded, offering scientists a unique window into the…
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ISRO Plans Four Functional Launch Pads by 2029, Adding Sriharikota Pad and Tamil Nadu Complex
India plans to expand its launch infrastructure to four functional pads by 2029, altering the competitive landscape for…
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NASA Accelerates Lunar Mission Timeline by Adopting Apollo-Era Management Playbook
NASA is cutting bureaucracy and simplifying engineering requirements to meet an ambitious two-year deadline for lunar base development…
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SpaceX Founder Elon Musk Building Starship for NASA Lunar Landing
CAPE CANAVERAL, July 6 — Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceX, has spent decades building the…
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Faraday Factory HTS tape and Zenno Almighty Magnet launch to space
The world’s most powerful space-flown superconducting magnet launched aboard Starburst-1, powered by custom high-temperature superconductor tape.
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SpaceX’s Launch Cadence Sparks Debate Over Orbital Debris Mitigation
As SpaceX increases Falcon 9 launches, concerns grow over the long-term sustainability of low Earth orbit and the…
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