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America's X-37B vs. China's Shenlong: Top space planes and their shadowy role in orbital war
The US X-37B and China's Shenlong are competing unmanned space planes whose covert missions are get…
Benjamin Brimelow
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ISRO moves Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module to orbit around Earth in unique experiment
The Propulsion Module (PM) of Chandrayaan-3 has been moved from an orbit around the Moon to an orbi…
PTI
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China's collection of lunar samples enters Moon-Earth transfer orbit on its way back to the planet
The orbiter-returner combination of China's Chang'e-5 lunar probe conducted its second orbital mano…
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From launch vehicles to space tourism, Indian space start-ups aim high
The Vikram-S rocket, developed over the past two years and built using 3-D printing technology, rea…
PTI
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Another billionaire is blasting into space — and he said he'll give away cash to people on earth while he's in orbit
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has a history of giving away money on Twitter.
Huileng Tan
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A powerful solar storm is due to hit Earth on Wednesday, sparking beautiful auroras. Here's how to see them.
A coronal mass ejection that was released from the sun on May 7 is due to hit the Earth May 10. NAS…
Marianne Guenot
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Chandrayaan 2 successfully shifts into Moon’s orbit
The maneuver was initiated at 9:00am today morning and took 28 minutes to complete. To …
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Watch NASA launch a probe to smash into an asteroid. It's practice for pushing city-killing space rocks away from Earth.
NASA may one day need to save Earth from an incoming asteroid. The plan: launching a spacecraft to …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Aylin W…
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The first 'solar sailing' spacecraft is about to unfurl in orbit. It will be powered purely by light.
To harness that power effectively, LightSail 2 is designed to change its orientation based on where…
Aylin Woodward
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NASA took a photo of China's moon rock-collecting robot on the lunar surface before it rocketed back toward Earth
China's moon lander collected more than 4 pounds of lunar rock, then its ascender blasted the sampl…
Susie Neilson
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SpaceX says its Starlink satellite internet can download 100 megabits per second, and 'space lasers' transfer data between satellites
SpaceX's private beta tests are revealing Starlink satellite internet to be quite fast, according t…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A Chinese spacecraft just brought moon rocks back to Earth - the first time any country has achieved the feat since 1976
The capsule, part of China's Chang'e-5 mission, brought back 4.4 pounds of rocks from a previously …
Susie Neilson
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China just landed its Chang'e-5 spacecraft on the moon. The mission could bring moon rocks to Earth for the first time in 40-plus years.
The samples will come from a previously unexplored volcanic plain. China aims to send them back to …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Susie N…
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Elon Musk is launching a Tesla Roadster to Mars orbit - and he just posted an Instagram photo to prove it
"Test flights of new rockets usually contain mass simulators in the form of concrete or steel block…
Dave Mosher
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SpaceX just launched its sixth rocket of the year releasing two satellites into orbit
On Wednesday at 10:29 am ET, SpaceX successfully launched its sixth rocket of the year into space. …
Ali Sundermier
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China's out-of-control space station may crash to Earth in 2 months
"The thing about a space station is that it's typically got things on the inside," Ailor, who works…