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Private Astroscale probe will refuel Space Force satellites high above Earth on landmark 2026 mission
Launch is scheduled for summer 2026. Astroscale's 660-pound (300 kilograms) APS-R Refueler spacecraft will head for the ...
The space race heats up: all the news on the latest rocket launches
Plenty more launches are to come, including another test of SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket, which exploded while in flight ...
They Just Shut Down Gaia, the Spacecraft That Mapped Two Billion Stars
After over a decade of stellar service, ESA’s Gaia spacecraft has been retired – but its legacy is just beginning. From ...
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NASA's Deep Space Network is getting a new dish to help distant spacecraft phone home
On March 19, one of NASA's Deep Space Network facilities — located in Canberra, Australia — entered its 60th year of relaying ...
Boeing Starliner commander shares blame for spacecraft failure, but would fly on it again
NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore put some of the blame on himself when asked who was responsible for Boeing Starliner’s failure ...
Russian spacecraft docks with the ISS, Roscosmos says
A Russian Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft, carrying Russian cosmonauts Russians Sergei Ryzhikov and Alexei Zubritsky and NASA's ...
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SpaceX's next Dragon cargo ship launch for NASA will lift off on April 21
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch an uncrewed Dragon cargo ship packed with tons of supplies on Monday, April 21, from the ...
It gave us the best map of the Milky Way. Now the Gaia spacecraft is orbiting into retirement
Astronomers bid an emotional farewell to Gaia, expressing their gratitude for its more than decade-long mission that gave us ...
Spacecraft carrying Russians and American takes off from Baikonur cosmodrome
A spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut took off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on ...
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Scientists Tried to Kill Spacecraft But It Was So Tough That It Refused to Die
While it was getting ready to power down its Gaia spacecraft, the European Space Agency encountered some unusual resistance.
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The first spacecraft to orbit the Earth's poles includes a cinematographer but no licensed pilot – and the first footage is mesmerizing
The first manned spacecraft to orbit the earth’s poles has shared its first footage – but looking at the four crew members, ...
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NASA's Jonny Kim and 2 cosmonauts arrive at ISS aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft (video)
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and his two cosmonaut colleagues have arrived at the International Space Station (ISS). The Russian ...