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Trump nominates Schiess as next Space Force chief

Career space operator would succeed Gen. Chance Saltzman atop military space branch The post Trump nominates Schiess as next Space…

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Amazon Leo passes 300 satellites with Atlas and Ariane launches

A pair of launches this week pushed the number of Amazon Leo satellites deployed to more than 300, but the…

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Russia’s new homegrown Soyuz 5 rocket aces debut launch

Russia launched its Soyuz 5 medium-lift rocket for the first time ever on Thursday (April 30), and things apparently went…

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Artemis 3 has been pushed to late 2027. Can NASA still land astronauts on the moon in 2028?

Artemis 3 slips to late 2027 as Starship and Blue Moon lag, delaying NASA’s lunar return timeline and jeopardizing a…

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NASA Invites Media to Ireland Artemis Accords Signing

Credit: NASA Ireland will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 3 p.m. EDT Monday, May 4, at NASA…

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What is the Most Common Type of Planet in the Galaxy?

Astronomers now believe there is at least one planet for every star in the Milky Way but new research has…

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How do you study something you can never step outside of?

An international team of astrophysicists has just released one of the largest cosmological datasets ever assembled. A mouthwatering 2.5 petabytes…

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What does it take to call home from the Moon?

When NASA's Artemis II crew swung around the Moon in April, the world watched in extraordinary detail and a breakthrough…

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US Space Force wants space-based missile interceptors for Golden Dome ready by 2028

The United States Space Force has created a new program to develop space-based missile interceptors, with the goal of being…

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Is Venus volcanically active? Big Hawaiian eruption in 2022 could help scientists find out

Evidence suggests that Venus is still volcanically active, and new data about a big eruption in Hawaii a few years…

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