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SpaceX launches 20 spare satellites for rival OneWeb LEO constellation

SpaceX launched 20 spare OneWeb satellites Oct. 20 to strengthen the resiliency of French operator Eutelsat’s low Earth orbit broadband…

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Remote-control robots could help humanity explore the moon and Mars

Teleoperated rovers could soon be working on the moon, with human controllers on Earth manipulating the rovers' tools virtually.

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‘Edge of Space’ director Jean de Meuron on his X-15 film and having ‘the right stuff’ (exclusive)

An interview with "Edge of Space" director Jean de Meuron, as well as a clip from the new film about…

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Blowing up: Inflatable space habitats could be key to exploring the solar system

Private companies are making progress on expandable habitats, which could help humanity keep its foothold in Earth orbit and settle…

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Hubble Telescope sees ‘stellar volcano’ erupt in amazing colors (video, photo)

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an intricate portrait of R Aquarii, an odd nearby binary star system that occasionally…

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Intelsat 33e loses power in geostationary orbit

Intelsat 33e has lost power in geostationary orbit and the satellite is no longer providing communications for customers across Europe,…

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Latest Starship flight prompts praise and worries at IAC

For many of the more than 11,000 participants at the International Astronautical Congress this year, the biggest news of the…

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New Simulation Will Help Future Missions Collect Moon Dust

In this decade and the next, multiple space agencies will send crewed missions to the Moon for the first time…

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SpaceX launches 20 Eutelsat OneWeb broadband satellites to orbit

SpaceX launched another set of Eutelsat OneWeb internet satellites to space early Sunday morning (Oct. 20).

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