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20 Starlink satellites rained down on Earth yesterday; turbulent space weather doomed mission recovery
SpaceX faced a setback in its Starlink project as 20 satellites were lost due to a malfunction duri…
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This new ion thruster could ferry supplies to Mars using 100 million times less fuel
They need far less fuel than chemical engines - about 100 million times less - so they're cheaper t…
Kelly Dickerson
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Stranded in space: Sunita Williams shares her experience LIVE from the International Space Station
Astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore addressed Earth live from the ISS. They were launched …
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Elon Musk, eat your heart out: A new spaceflight startup wants to use a wild new technology to cut the time it takes to fly to Mars in half
UK-based aerospace company Pulsar Fusion is hoping to have a new rocket by the end of the decade th…
Cork Gaines
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NASA's only mission to the Asteroid Belt is about die an 'impotent' death after 11 years in space
"It will struggle for a short time, but it will be impotent," Marc Rayman, Dawn's mission manager a…
Dave Mosher
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ISRO's GSAT 30 satellite successfully rides the Ariane 5 rocket into orbit abroad the first launch of 2020
In the first launch of 2020, two satellites —including the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (IS…
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SpaceX just unleashed its first 60 Starlink high-speed internet satellites and recorded a 'weird' video of the maneuver
SpaceX live-broadcasted the inaugural Starlink mission, which launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at …
Dave Mosher
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The European Space Agency says it had to dodge a SpaceX satellite because the company wouldn't move it out of the way. A software bug may be to blame.
"Our Starlink team last exchanged an email with the Aeolus operations team on August 28, when the p…
Dave Mosher
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New technology could power return journey to Mars
The rocket propulsion system is heading to the International Space Station (ISS) for a year-long ex…
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Elon Musk says SpaceX will broadcast 'kind of weird' video of Starlink's first 60 satellites as they shuffle into orbit tonight
In the future, each Starlink satellite will link to four others via laser beams, allowing the Starl…
Dave Mosher
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About 1 in 40 of SpaceX's Starlink satellites may have failed. That's not too bad, but across a 42,000-spacecraft constellation it could spark a crisis.
At this rate, SpaceX may leave more than 1,000 dead satellites in orbit, where they can crash into …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The Air Force is preparing to send its mysterious space drone on yet another mission
A press release from the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base notes that this type of thruster generates…
Jeremy Bender
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NASA is on a 'daring adventure' to get the closest-ever photos of Ceres - a dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter
"Because of [a] commitment to protect Ceres from Earthly contamination, Dawn will not land or crash…
Dave Mosher
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Here's the futuristic piece of tech that NASA is betting all its Mars chips on
SEP's major advantage is that it's engine uses 10 times less propellant than typical chemical prope…
Kelly Dickerson
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The American flags on the moon have all turned white
Over the course of the Apollo program, our astronauts deployed six American flags on the Moon. For …
Jennifer Welsh
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NASA is about to crash a nuclear-powered robot into Saturn - here's when and how Cassini's final moments will go down in history
What: The probe will take one final image before shutting down its camera system. That picture will…
Dave Mosher
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Elon Musk's Appearance On 'The Simpsons' Reminds Us How Insane - And Genius - His Ideas Are
Musk also took the opportunity to point out his big problem with space elevators - essentially cabl…