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‘We have made the decision to focus our efforts on national defense, and specifically on missile defense technologies’ The post ABL Space exits commercial launch market, shifts focus to missile…

Forty years ago, the United States government made a decision that transformed the modern world: it opened the Global Positioning System (GPS) to civilian use. What began as a military…

Space tourism here is here to stay, and will likely remain a permanent fixture of near-Earth activities for the foreseeable future. But is it worth it? While for decades private…

In March 2021, astronomers observed a high-energy burst of light from a distant galaxy. Assigned the name AT 2021hdr, it was thought to be a supernova. However, there were enough…

Dirk Schulze-Makuch is a scientist who thinks NASA’s Viking landers could have inadvertently destroyed the life they were searching for. In this Q&A, we ask why.

AST SpaceMobile said Nov. 14 it has booked rockets from Blue Origin and others to deploy enough satellites between 2025 and 2026 to provide full text, voice, and 5G data…

Parallels between spaceflight and the aging process may extend to encompass frailty.Figure Left: Venn diagram of differentially expressed frailty genes in rodent and human samples shows the common differentially expressed…

Intuitive Machines suggested the need for “reformulation” of NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration campaign to accommodate budget issues and delays. The post Intuitive Machines calls for “infrastructure-first” focus for Artemis appeared…

Former U.S. Space Command official: ‘It’s hard to do things on your own in space’ The post Trump’s ‘America First’ policy faces test in space appeared first on SpaceNews.

SpaceX has rolled the Super Heavy first stage of its Starship megarocket out to the launch pad to prep for the vehicle’s sixth test flight, which is scheduled for Monday…