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The handshake in orbit that made the International Space Station possible
In 1975, a meet-up between American and Soviet spacefarers in orbit showed that the superpowers could work together. Its ...
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US firm's maglev space ramp will fire rockets to orbit with almost no fuel
A US-based space startup raised $6 million to develop a maglev space ramp that will require almost no fuel to fire rockets to ...
A Handshake in Orbit 50 Years Ago Transformed the Space Race
The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project brought Soviet cosmonauts and NASA astronauts together in the first international human ...
Privately funded crew returns to Earth in SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule after commercial space station visit
It was the fourth private astronaut mission funded by Houston-based Axiom Space and the second commanded by veteran astronaut ...
SpaceX plans Starship program for in-orbit drug research
The SpaceX program is still in the early stages of development and the plans could change. The effort is highly reliant on ...
Secretive Chinese Satellite Emerges in Surprising Orbit After 6-Day Vanishing Act
Nearly a week after launch, space tracking systems were able to locate a mysterious satellite parked in an unusually low ...
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Chinese scientists propose 2033 Neptune orbiter mission
Chinese scientists propose 2033 Neptune orbiter mission Scientists are proposing China’s first ice giant mission, aiming to ...
Space Force is training for ‘orbital warfare’ in its largest exercise yet
Hundreds of Guardians are taking part in the Space Force’s Resolute Space 25, meant to test readiness for space-based combat.
SpaceX rocket to launch Amazon broadband satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Amazon has more than 80 launches lined up with SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, Blue Origin and Arianespace to create its $10 ...