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July 20 marked the 50th anniversary of one of the biggest robotic spaceflight achievements in NASA’s history:...
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The final resting place of SpaceX's moon-smashing rocket has been found.The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, known as...
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Blue Origin is close to figuring out why its New Glenn rocket went boom a few months...
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A new study by San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance researchers has identified a less invasive way to...
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A protein known as interleukin 10 (IL-10) is the lynchpin of a new method to protect transplanted...
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A Redwire subsidiary working on space biotech and pharmaceutical applications has signed an agreement to fly microgravity...
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Northrop Grumman’s Lunar Infrastructure Demos (LID-1, LID-2 and LID-3) reuse HALO derived technologies to rapidly mature lunar...
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A composite image captured by NASA's Perseverance rover on July 2, 2026 showing Earth (the bright dot)...
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On Aug. 6, 2012, NASA's Curiosity rover successfully touched down on the Martian surface. At the time,...
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Researchers from the University of Leicester and the University of Aberdeen have carried out a series of...
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High-energy particles in Earth’s radiation belt can appear to spread out randomly, even when they are moving...
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This composite of seven images from the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover shows Earth, visible...
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A new study led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) provides evidence that liquid nitrogen is rising to...
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A spent rocket body hitting the moon made headlines this week, but the reality is that the...
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NASA launched its Mars rover Curiosity inside the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) on Nov. 26, 2011. Complete...
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Rockets, rovers and landers have dominated the attention of the commercial space industry as the United States...
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Rocket Lab launched a Japanese radar-imaging satellite Aug. 6, more than a month after the previous launch...
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HELSINKI — Commercial launch company Orienspace has kicked off preparations for an IPO coaching process while closing...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. August 5: Iapetus at...
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A SpaceX rocket that launched a pair of lunar landers slammed into the moon as predicted on...