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Rocket launch marks big step in building China’s lunar infrastructure

Enlarge / A Long March 8 rocket, standing 165 feet (50 meters) tall, rolled out of its assembly building to its launch pad Sunday...

Finally, engineers have a clue that could help them save Voyager 1

Enlarge / Artist's illustration of the Voyager 1 spacecraft.Caltech/NASA-JPL It's been four months since NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft sent an intelligible signal...

SpaceX has a license to launch Starship—this time it might fly at dawn

Enlarge / SpaceX's third flight-ready Starship rocket underwent a countdown dress rehearsal earlier this month.SpaceX The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it...

A hunk of junk from the International Space Station hurtles back to Earth

Enlarge / In March 2021, the International Space Station's robotic arm released a cargo pallet with nine expended batteries.NASA A bundle of...

Russia’s next-generation rocket is a decade old and still flying dummy payloads

Enlarge / Technicians assemble an Angara A5 rocket at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Far East.Roscosmos By some measures, Russia's next-generation flagship...

SpaceX just showed us what every day could be like in spaceflight

Enlarge / A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaks into orbit Sunday night from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ferrying a crew of four...

NASA cancels a multibillion-dollar satellite servicing demo mission

Enlarge / Artist's illustration of the OSAM-1 spacecraft (bottom) linking up with the Landsat 7 satellite (top) in orbit.NASA NASA has canceled...

The world’s most traveled crew transport spacecraft flies again

Enlarge / A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off with the Crew-8 mission, sending three NASA astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut on a six-month...

For Virgin Galactic, becoming profitable means a pause in flying to space

Enlarge / Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity rocket plane ignites its rocket motor moments after release from a jet-powered carrier aircraft high above New Mexico.Virgin...

Jeff Bezos’ New Glenn rocket finally makes an appearance on the launch pad

Enlarge / Dave Limp, Blue Origin's new CEO, and founder Jeff Bezos observe the New Glenn rocket on its launch pad Wednesday at Cape...

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