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A commercial space station startup now has a foothold in space

The integration tasks still include installing Haven-1’s environmental control and life support elements, power, data, and thermal control systems, thrusters, fuel tanks, and internal crew...

Space station astronauts eager to open “golden treasure box” from Japan

And without the ISS, Russia’s human spaceflight program might be dead today. Ins and outs of HTV-X Yui used the outpost’s robotic arm to grapple...

SpaceX finally got exactly what it needed from Starship V2

The answer: Apparently quite good. While SpaceX has brought Starships back to Earth in one piece several times, this was the first time the ship...

Putin OKs plan to turn Russian spacecraft into flying billboards

These are tough times for Russia's civilian space program. In the last few years, Russia has cut back on the number of Soyuz crew missions...

One NASA science mission saved from Trump’s cuts, but others still in limbo

Another mission the White House wanted to cancel was THEMIS, a pair of spacecraft orbiting the Moon to map the lunar magnetic field. The lead...

Pentagon contract figures show ULA’s Vulcan rocket is getting more expensive

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with NASA's Psyche spacecraft launches from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on October...

Removing these 50 objects from orbit would cut danger from space junk in half

China, on the other hand, frequently abandons upper stages in orbit. China launched 21 of the 26 hazardous new rocket bodies over the last 21...

Blue Origin aims to land next New Glenn booster, then reuse it for Moon mission

The first Blue Moon Mark 1 is funded from Blue Origin's coffers. It is now fully assembled and will soon ship to NASA's Johnson Space...

Another setback for Firefly Aerospace’s beleaguered rocket program

Alpha’s track record The booster destroyed Monday was slated to fly on the seventh launch of Firefly's Alpha rocket, an expendable, two-stage launch vehicle capable...

US intel officials “concerned” China will soon master reusable launch

A modified Long March 7 rocket carrying the Yaogan 45 satellite lifts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site...

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