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SpaceX prevails over ULA, wins military launch contracts worth $733 million

These missions require medium-lift rockets, or smaller rockets capable of a high-rate launch cadence to match the capability of a larger launch vehicle. In June,...

Biden administration curtails controls on some space-related exports

The US Commerce Department announced Thursday it is easing restrictions on exports of space-related technology, answering a yearslong call from space companies to reform regulations...

NASA launches mission to explore the frozen frontier of Jupiter’s moon Europa

Scientists are pretty sure Europa has the water, perhaps twice as much as the water in all of Earth's oceans. Jupiter's strong gravity field constantly...

SpaceX catches returning rocket in mid-air, turning a fanciful idea into reality

The upside of SpaceX's architecture is that, with refueling, Starship can theoretically ferry payloads of 100 metric tons or more to the Moon or Mars,...

SpaceX launches Europe’s Hera asteroid mission ahead of Hurricane Milton

"This is the first time that we send a spacecraft to a small body, which is actually a multi-satellite system, with one main spacecraft and...

SpaceX launches mission to bring Starliner astronauts back to Earth

Enlarge / SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft climbs away from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on Saturday atop a Falcon 9 rocket.NASA/Keegan Barber ...

NASA has a fine plan for deorbiting the ISS—unless Russia gets in the way

Enlarge / This photo of the International Space Station was captured by a crew member on a Soyuz spacecraft.NASA/Roscosmos A little more...

India approves development of reusable launcher, space station module

Enlarge / Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma and Virendra Sachdeva, two members of Narendra Modi's ruling BJP party, celebrate the landing of India's Chandrayaan 3...

Google backs privately funded satellite constellation for wildfire detection

Enlarge / The Windy Fire blazes through the Long Meadow Grove of giant sequoia trees near The Trail of 100 Giants overnight in Sequoia...

Navy captains don’t like abandoning ship—but with Starliner, the ship left them

Enlarge / NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams wave to their families, friends, and NASA officials on their way to the launch pad...

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