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1 year after launch failure, Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket remains grounded

Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital space tourism vehicle suffered a failure during an uncrewed flight on Sept. 12, 2022. It hasn't launched since.

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SpaceX poised to launch 21 new Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket

SpaceX will launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites early Tuesday (Sept. 12), and you can watch the action live.

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Boeing to test DARPA's upcoming 'Glide Breaker' hypersonic interceptor

DARPA has chosen Boeing to develop a prototype and conduct flight testing of its upcoming Glide Breaker hypersonic interceptor.

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India's Chandrayaan-3 moon lander shines in radar images from lunar orbit (photos)

India's Chandrayaan-3 moon lander showed up in fresh images taken by the nation's Chandrayaan-2 lunar orbiter. Chandrayaan-3's lander and rover are in hibernation until the sun rises over them again.

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Kombucha on Mars? It could be key for astronauts' survival off Earth

Kombucha cultures riding on the ISS' exterior for 18 months proved resilient to the dangers of outer space.

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Electronics on world's largest radio telescope are more radio-quiet than a smartphone on the moon

New electronic devices designed to power antennas of the world's largest radio telescope are so quiet that they'll cause less disturbance than a mobile phone on the moon.

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China launches Yaogan 40 spy satellite on Long March 6A rocket (video)

China launched a new classified Yaogan satellite on Sunday (Sept. 10), continuing the country’s recent rapid launch rate.

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Exoplanet's surface may be covered in oceans, James Webb Space Telescope finds

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered that an exoplanet around twice the size of Earth that is already suspected of possessing a liquid water ocean has carbon-based molecules in its atmosphere.

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Get a sneak peek at Hulu alien-invasion flick 'No One Will Save You' (video)

Check out a new trailer for Hulu's new alien invasion thriller, 'No One Will Save You.'

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China wants help choosing names for its moon lander and lunar crew module

China is looking for names for two spacecraft which will deliver astronauts to the surface of the moon.

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'Star Trek's' Celia Rose Gooding reveals how she channels Lt. Uhura interview excerpt (exclusive)

Celia Rose Gooding reflects on her "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" role as a young Lt. Nyota Uhura in this exclusive excerpt from "Star Trek Explorer" magazine.

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OSIRIS-Rex's Dante Lauretta shares final preparations for Sept. 24 asteroid-sample return

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission will see a sample of an asteroid return to Earth on Sept. 24. Here's how the mission's head scientist feels about the chances of success.

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'Artificial star' helps test satellite navigation systems (photo)

The builders of star trackers need to test their tools before launching them aboard satellites. And that's where star simulators come in handy.

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Hitchhiking microbes on ISS cargo ships can make astronauts sick. Scientists have a solution

A specific lubricant seems to be a promising solution to mitigate microbial biofilms onboard ISS.

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Japan's SLIM moon lander is carrying this transforming ball robot (it's not BB-8)

A small, spherical robot will roll and walk across the lunar surface thanks to some children's toy technologies.

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Astronaut Frank Rubio breaks US record on way to spending a year in space

Frank Rubio didn't set out to break a record, but today on the International Space Station, he will do just that. Rubio, a NASA astronaut, will have flown the longest mission in U.S. history.

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Mysterious moonquake traced to Apollo 17 lunar lander base

A reanalysis of Apollo 17 seismic data has revealed that the Apollo 17 lunar lander base is creating its own moonquakes.

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Experience the Overview Effect with the Felix & Paul VR trilogy 'Space Explorers: Blue Marble'

Felix & Paul Studios announces the release of the VR space trilogy, "Space Explorers: Blue Marble"

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Globular cluster glitters in stunning new Hubble photo

A new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a glittering globular cluster deep in our Milky Way galaxy.

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Astronaut wields new space camera to see lightning strikes on Earth

European astronaut Andreas Mogensen captured incredible footage of lightning strikes during just 10 days in space in 2015. He plans a deeper study during his new six-month stay on the International Space Station, with a new camera.

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India's Chandrayaan-3 robotic moon explorers don't have heaters. Can they survive the frigid lunar night?

India's Chandrayaan-3 moon lander and rover are facing their first lunar night. Their chances of waking up at dawn whittle down to luck.

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