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NRO announces space tech agreements with three commercial companies

Cognitive Space, Impulse Space and Starfish Space win study contracts for “Agile Launch Innovation and Strategic Technology Advancement” The post…

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Earth-observation startup emerges from stealth with $12 million

SAN FRANCISCO – Los Angeles startup Matter Intelligence has emerged from stealth with $12 million to develop a unique Earth-observation…

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Astronomers Have Found the Fastest Spinning Neutron Star

Neutron stars are as dense as the nucleus of an atom. They contain a star’s worth of matter in a…

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Lockheed Martin completes acquisition of smallsat manufacturer Terran Orbital

The $450 million acquisition caps a years-long relationship since Lockheed Martin Ventures’ initial investment in 2017 The post Lockheed Martin…

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Astronomers Discover Potential New Building Block of Organic Matter in Interstellar Space

Carbon is the building block for all life on Earth and accounts for approximately 45–50% of all dry biomass. When…

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There’s Another Ocean Moon Candidate: Uranus’ Tiny Moon Miranda

The Solar System’s hundreds of moons are like puzzle pieces. Together, they make a picture of all the forces that…

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China chooses 2 teams to develop low-cost space station cargo spacecraft

HELSINKI — China’s human spaceflight agency has selected two proposals to develop spacecraft for low-cost space station resupply missions, echoing…

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NASA’s Perseverance rover gets stunning view of big Mars crater from slippery slope (video, photos)

NASA's Perseverance rover took a break from its Mars mountaineering expedition recently to survey its old stomping grounds.

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China launches 3 astronauts to Tiangong space station on Shenzhou 19 mission (video)

China launched the Shenzhou 19 mission to orbit today (Oct. 29), sending three astronauts toward the nation's Tiangong space station…

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Ken Iliff: Engineering 40 Years of Success

10 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Editor’s note: This article was published May 23, 2003, in…

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