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For the first launch of ULA’s Vulcan rocket, it’s Christmas or next year

Enlarge / The first stage for ULA's Vulcan rocket was lifted onto its launch platform at Cape Canaveral in January.United Launch Alliance ...

NASA wants the Voyagers to age gracefully, so it’s time for a software patch

Enlarge / The Voyager 2 spacecraft before its launch in 1977.NASA/JPL-Caltech Forty-six years in deep space have taken their toll on NASA's...

Industry united in push to extend ban on human spaceflight regulations

Enlarge / The four private astronauts who flew into orbit with SpaceX on the Inspiration4 mission in 2021, the first fully commercial human spaceflight...

A year from launch, the Europa Clipper spacecraft nears finish line

Enlarge / One of the final components added to the Europa Clipper spacecraft was the high-gain antenna, seen here during installation in August.NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket is about to become a workhorse for NASA

Enlarge You can consider this the start of NASA's Falcon Heavy era. The launch of the Psyche asteroid mission this week is...

Japan is studying a reusable rocket, but it won’t fly before 2030

Enlarge / Japan's first H3 rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center on a failed test flight in March.Photo by STR/JIJI Press/AFP via...

It’s crunch time for companies building NASA’s commercial lunar landers

Enlarge / Astrobotic's first lunar lander, named Peregrine, is complete and ready for shipment to the launch site at Cape Canaveral, Florida.Astrobotic ...

Scientists just opened the lid to NASA’s asteroid sample canister

Enlarge / The lid is open on the OSIRIS-REx sample return canister, revealing a tantalizing ring of dust outside the main sample collection chamber.Dante...

Space Force chief says commercial satellites may need defending

Enlarge / Gen. Chance Saltzman, the top general on the US Space Force, testifies before a Senate subcommittee in March.Drew Angerer/Getty Images ...

NASA spacecraft returns to Earth with pieces of an asteroid

Enlarge / Dante Lauretta (right), OSIRIS-REx principal investigator, approaches the sample return capsule Sunday at the Utah Test and Training Range.NASA/Keegan Barber ...

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