NRO chief: “You can’t hide” from our new swarm of SpaceX-built spy satellites
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We’re building nuclear spaceships again—this time for real
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NASA finds more issues with Boeing’s Starliner, but crew launch set for June 1
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The first crew launch of Boeing’s Starliner capsule is on hold indefinitely
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Faulty valve scuttles Starliner’s first crew launch
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What happens when an astronaut in orbit says he’s not coming back?
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Unexplained space phenomenon has been lighting up every twenty minutes since 1988
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Planet that shouldn't exist found
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Would building a Dyson sphere be worth it? We ran the numbers.
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The SLS rocket is the worst thing to happen to NASA—but maybe also the best?
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Scientists solve another piece of the puzzling Antikythera mechanism
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Gwynne Shotwell talks about selling flight-proven rockets, Starship
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Strange object recaptured by Earth, and currently in Earth orbit, is 1966 Centaur upper stage from Surveyor 2 spacecraft
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The 1991 Thanksgiving Day prank in NASA's Mission Control that went horribly wrong
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It’s launch day for the SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the ISS
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After twenty years of service, the International Space Station flies into an uncertain future
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NASA formally objects to AST & Science proposal for megaconstellation of large satellites, citing risk of "catastrophic collision"
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Pluto’s ice-capped peaks are like Earth’s—but not
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The operating systems that keep spacecraft running
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Scientists detect first-of-its-kind "intermediate-mass" black hole as a result of most massive merger ever observed
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After Tuesday’s GPS III-03 launch, SpaceX expands its fleet of used rockets with another booster recovery
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SpaceX scrubs Friday launch attempt of its tenth batch of Starlink satellites—the first launch that will see all satellites equipped with visors to reduce ground brightness
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Can we save the night sky from satellite streaks? Legal comment launches as constellation companies scramble to satisfy astronomers' concerns
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A senior engineer has left SpaceX to work for Relativity Space
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NASA planning to launch an integrated Lunar Gateway in 2023
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NASA is counting on a lot of unproven rockets for its Artemis plan
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The Hubble Space Telescope launched thirty years ago—then the problems began
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Inside Elon Musk’s plan to build one Starship a week—and settle Mars
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Details pour in from New Horizons’ visit to Arrokoth, an object in the Kuiper Belt
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Boeing's Starliner could have failed catastrophically during a December mission if a software error hadn't been found and fixed while the vehicle was in orbit
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Space-grade CPUs: How do you send more computing power into space?
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Some NASA contractors appear to be trying to kill the Lunar Gateway
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NASA may allow private astronauts on the ISS for $11,250-$22,500 a day
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SpaceX cuts broadband-satellite altitude in half to prevent space debris
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New video of Intelsat 29e satellite reveals dramatic “anomaly”
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Russia’s passive-aggressive reaction to SpaceX may mask a deeper truth
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The marriage of SpaceX and NASA hasn’t been easy—but it’s been fruitful
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Opportunity did not answer NASA’s final call, and it’s now lost to us
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Supermassive black hole shot a neutrino straight at Earth
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Alan Bean, fourth man to walk on the moon, dead at age 86
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