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The Covid lockdowns did WHAT to the Moon?!
A recent study has revealed an unexpected consequence of the global lockdowns imposed in 2020 to cu…
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India's satcom sector to take off as IN-SPACe allows Indian players access to international orbital data
Previously, Indian satellite players — an industry still very much in its nascent stage — were cons…
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Do we really need so many satellites?
Space, despite its vastness, is becoming a bit cramped — at least in the low-orbit band where these…
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NASA is putting an 'artificial star' in orbit around Earth
NASA plans to launch a mini satellite into Earth's orbit that could revolutionize astronomy as we k…
Jessica Orwig
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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 announces plans to make India the third country to reach Mars, draws inspiration from NASA’s probes
ISRO is all set for the historic Mangalyaan-2 mission where the space agency will land a rover and …
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"Welcome, buddy!" Chandrayaan-2 orbiter greets Chandrayaan-3 lander as they establish communication
In a significant development, the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter which was already fixed around the moon est…
ANI
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India successfully orbits 2 Singapore satellites (Ld)
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh)India on Saturday successfully placed into orbit TeLEOS-2 and Lumilite-…
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China lands its secretive space plane after 9 months in orbit
The mysterious "experimental" space plane could be a round-trip vehicle for "peaceful" use of outer…
Natalie Musumeci,Morgan McFal…
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NASA images show a meteor crashed into Mars, triggered a big quake, and kicked up surprise water ice
NASA's InSight lander detected an unusual quake on Mars. Then the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spott…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Mariann…
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NASA now has an instrument orbiting Earth that can see major air pollutants across North America, tracing them down to an exact neighborhood
NASA first launched the instrument, known as TEMPO, on a SpaceX rocket in April. It will begin repo…
Katie Hawkinson
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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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A second Earth-sized world orbiting a dwarf star discovered by scientists
Using data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, scientists have identified an Earth-s…
ANI
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China's Mars spacecraft has photographed the entire red planet, state media says
China's space agency released sharp images, revealing Mars craters, a volcano, and a canyon that's …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A secret Russian satellite has broken apart in orbit, creating a cloud of debris that could last a century
Russia kept the Kosmos 2499 satellite's mission a secret, even after its bizarre maneuvers drew att…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Watch SpaceX launch 4 space tourists into Earth's orbit
The Inspiration4 crew members have never been to space. They've only trained for five months. Their…