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Chinese spacecraft image Maxar remote sensing and U.S. early warning satellites

Chinese spacecraft have imaged orbiting U.S. commercial and military assets as the two countries seek to demonstrate and assess respective…

10 months ago

Russian ‘Noah’s Ark’ probe carrying 75 mice and 1,500 flies lands back on Earth

A Russian biological research satellite toting more than 30 experiments landed on Sept. 19 in the steppes of the Orenburg…

10 months ago

Hubble Space Telescope watches dying star chow down on a Pluto-like world filled with ice

Scientists didn't expect to find the remnants of an icy world around this extremely dense white dwarf star.

10 months ago

NASA’s New Astronaut Candidates

NASA/James Blair NASA’s 2025 astronaut candidate class greets the crowd in this Sept. 22, 2025, image. The group was introduced…

10 months ago

The Need to Bake Out Silicone Based Thermal Control Coatings

BackgroundThe NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) has reviewed flight, ground test, and published data on ultraviolet-induced degradation of silicone…

10 months ago

Scaling up IRIS² to meet evolving demands

SAN FRANCISCO – European civil space leaders suggested expanding their flagship campaign to develop a secure communications constellation. Since the…

10 months ago

Lockheed Martin delivers 21 satellites for next launch of U.S. military ‘Transport Layer’

The company’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites were built with buses provided by Terran Orbital, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary The…

10 months ago

Is our dream of finding ocean-covered exoplanets drying up?

New simulations suggest sub-Neptune planets may be drier than thought, challenging the "water world" hypothesis and reshaping the search for…

10 months ago

Air Force Secretary warns of ‘Sputnik moment’ as U.S. faces China’s rapid military advances

The Department of the Air Force’s top civilian overseeing both the Air Force and the Space Force said he is…

10 months ago

NASA selects new astronaut class

NASA announced its newest class of astronauts Sept. 22 as agency leaders and lawmakers emphasized their intent to return humans…

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