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Japanese company to deorbit big hunk of space junk by 2029

Japanese space-sustainability company Astroscale just signed a $90 million contract to take a bus-sized rocket stage out of orbit by…

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StarFOX autonomous satellite swarm could level up space exploration

StarFOX is an autonomous satellite swarm that scientists hope to send beyond our planet's orbit someday.

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RFA pushes maiden flight to 2025 after launchpad explosion

Rocket Factory Augsburg no longer plans a maiden flight this year after losing part of its RFA ONE rocket during…

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August 2024 Transformer of the Month: Selina Salgado

As a Human Resource Business Partner at NASA Headquarters, Selina Salgado describes her job as helping with “all things people”…

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3 decades of satellite images show how cities keep getting higher

Cities around the world are now growing upward more than outward, an analysis of three decades of satellite data has…

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200 meteorites on Earth traced to 5 craters on Mars

Astronomers have traced the origins of 200 meteorites to five impact craters in two volcanic regions on Mars, known as…

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NASA Shares Asteroid Bennu Sample in Exchange with JAXA

As part of an asteroid sample exchange, NASA has transferred to JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) a portion of the…

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NASA Astronauts Wilmore, Williams’ Space Station Science Highlights

4 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts (from top) Butch Wilmore…

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Why the 7 worlds of TRAPPIST-1 waltz in peculiar patterns

The complex history of the orbits of the TRAPPIST-1 planets has been revealed, showing how they interacted with the disk…

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Preguntas frecuentes: Estado del retorno de la prueba de vuelo tripulado Boeing de la NASA

10 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Read the article in English here. Los astronautas de la NASA…

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