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Next Ariane 6 launch to carry 36 Amazon Leo satellites using upgraded boosters

Amazon will fly its largest number of broadband satellites to date later this month on the first Ariane 6 launch…

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Let’s build the moon base, but not lose sight of Mars

These are heady days for NASA and the space industry. The Artemis 2 crew flew around the moon, traveling farther…

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Qianfan constellation deployment hits 200 satellites with Long March 8 and 6A launches

Construction of the Shanghai-led Qianfan constellation continued to accelerate this week with a pair of Long March launches, following on…

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A Moonlit Earth as Seen From Artemis II

Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory A Moonlit Earth as Seen From… Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer…

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New Cloud-Detecting Method Will Help Astronomers Characterize Exoplanets

Astronomers have developed a technique that allows them to detect cloud cycles on distant exoplanets. Using data from the James Webb…

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HASC NDAA markup challenges Space Force on satellite programs

House Armed Services Committee seeks to preserve a missile-warning satellite program the Pentagon wants to cancel. It also criticizes a…

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Glittering star cluster image reveals missing patch of stars: ‘We were not looking for the gap, but we found it’

Euclid space telescope observations of ancient globular cluster NGC 6397 reveal a subtle gap in brightness distribution of red dwarf…

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NASA Hosts 2026 Review on Advanced Composite Manufacturing

2 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Boeing assembles a composite aircraft fuselage section in one of…

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Even Without A Magnetosphere, Mars Can Still Deflect Some Solar Wind

New research shows how unmagnetized worlds like Mars can still deflect some of the Sun's solar wind. Unlike magnetospheres that…

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August 2026 lunar eclipse: Everything you need to know about the 96% ‘blood moon’

A deep partial lunar eclipse on August 27-28, 2026, will be visible in North America and will be the best…

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