Space
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Musk Disputes NASA’s 22-Launch Estimate for Artemis IV Moon Landing
Elon Musk challenges NASA’s safety panel, claiming SpaceX’s Starship will require only 6-8 launches, not 22, for the…
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Starfighters Space Plans December Captive-Carry Test of Starlaunch 1 Rocket on F-104 Jet
By launching rockets from high-speed aircraft at altitude, Starfighters Space aims to offer a flexible, low-cost alternative for…
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Researchers Confirm Silverpit Crater Was Formed by Ancient North Sea Asteroid Impact
New seismic imaging and shocked minerals solve a decades-long geological mystery, confirming a 160-meter asteroid triggered a massive…
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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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Crewed lunar launch complex nears readiness at Wenchang
WENCHANG, July 10 — China’s southernmost launch site, the Wenchang Space Launch Site on Hainan Island, has become…
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Japan’s H3 Rocket Evolves Into a Versatile Workhorse for Deep Space Exploration
With the debut of its long fairing, the H3 rocket is scaling up its capabilities to support complex…
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The Scheduled Fall of the Space Station and the Powers That Built It
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The International Space Station, a structure that has orbited the Earth continuously for over…
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Phobos Samples May Reveal If Mars Moons Are Captured Asteroids or Impact Debris
JAXA’s MMX mission aims to return soil from Phobos to determine if the Martian moons formed from a…
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Japan’s MMX Mission Takes Its Asteroid Experience to Phobos to Bring Soil Home
JAXA is applying lessons from its successful Hayabusa asteroid sample-return missions to execute the complex, first-of-its-kind Martian moon…
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Long March 10B Achieves First Net-Based Stage Recovery
BEIJING, July 10 — China’s space program, long a point of national pride and strategic ambition, is pressing…
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Starship’s Stainless Steel Ambitions Collide With Climate and Regulatory Realities
SpaceX’s plan to launch 456 Starships annually hinges on overcoming methane emissions, supply chain limits, and global environmental…
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SpaceX Starship’s 456 Annual Launches Will Reshape Orbital Logistics and Debris Management
Analysts debate if the rocket is a business tool for Starlink or a Mars vehicle, noting recent flight…
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One Light-Day From Home: Voyager 1 and the Edge of the Heliosphere
MANILA, July 9 — A boundary far beyond the orbit of Pluto is giving scientists a clearer picture…
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Vikram Sarabhai Built India’s Space Program and a String of Institutions
BENGALURU, July 17 — The Indian Space Research Organisation, founded by Dr. Vikram Sarabhai in 1969, continues to…
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NASA Chief Says US and China Are Months Apart in Race to the Moon
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman does not hedge about China. Speaking on CBS’s Face the Nation on July 6,…
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Jeff Bezos Opened Blue Origin to Outside Investors in a 2026 Funding Shift
SEATTLE, July 15 — The figure that matters for Jeff Bezos in 2026 is $150 billion. That is…
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Amazon Rides Five Rockets to Catch SpaceX Flying Its Own
CAPE CANAVERAL, July 15 — The space race for broadband internet is playing out between two of the…
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White House Wants 1,000 US Space Launches a Year by 2030, but Who Pays?
WASHINGTON, September 12 — The White House has put its weight behind a dramatic expansion of American launch…
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SpaceX’s Starship Relies on Liquid Methane: Key Reasons Explained
ISLAMABAD, July 25 — The simple chemical compound methane, best known as the main ingredient of natural gas,…
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Space Race ignited Cold War rivalry with Sputnik and NASA’s rise
WASHINGTON, July 15 — The Cold War’s most visible contest for technological prestige, the Space Race, was fundamentally…
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Falcon 9 Reliability and Reuse Economics Reshaped the Launch Market
CAPE CANAVERAL, July 15 — There is a quiet, almost routine majesty to a Falcon 9 launch now.…
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Voyagers 1 and 2: The Crossings That Drew the Sun’s Real Border
PASADENA, July 9 — Nearly five decades after they left Earth, the twin Voyager spacecraft continue to redefine…
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Astronomers Trace First Radio Signal Directly to an Exoplanet, Beta Pictoris b
Netherlands — A significant development in the field of astronomy has been announced, with the detection of radio…
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SpaceX Starship Rehearses Fueling Ahead of First Orbital Test Flight
LOS ANGELES, July 15 — The race to build a fully reusable rocket for missions to the Moon…
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