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SpaceX Dragon fires thrusters to boost ISS orbit for the 1st time

SpaceX's Dragon performed an orbital boost maneuver for the ISS; a first for the spacecraft, and a small step toward the space station's ultimate doom.

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Axiom Space looks to India and Europe for rockets to help build its private space station

Axiom Space of Houston is considering using launch vehicles from India and Europe to help build its commercial space station mission in low-Earth orbit.

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Adorable 3D-printed rovers learn to find blue ball in Mars-like environment

University students tested 3D-printed rovers designed to emulate Europe's Rosalind Franklin ExoMars rover that is slated to launch to the Martian surface by 2028.

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On ancient Mars, carbon dioxide ice kept the water running. Here's how

Huge shells of frozen carbon dioxide at Mars' south polar cap resulted in subsurface meltwater, which fed a huge system of rivers, lakes and even a sea, a new study suggests.

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'Alien: Romulus' bursts onto Hulu for streaming on Nov. 21

The latest entry in the xenomorph franchise chestbursts its way onto Hulu on Nov. 21 when 'Alien: Romulus' finally gets its streaming premiere.

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3D map reveals our solar system's local bubble has an 'escape tunnel'

A 3D map of our cosmic neighborhood has revealed hot and cold regions as well as an "escape tunnel" from our local bubble.

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Saturn and the moon put on a celestial show Sunday night. Here's how to see it

Saturn gets close to the moon tonight, and some skywatchers in Florida, Central America and South America will see the ringed planet briefly disappear behind our lunar companion.

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Milky Way swirls over famous Easter Island statutes in stunning photo

The Moai statues of Easter Island have some of the best views of the night sky on Earth.

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Russia sends 53 satellites to orbit on record-breaking launch (video)

Russia launched 53 small satellites into orbit on Monday (Nov. 4), including two for Iran. The 51 Russian payloads were a single-launch record for the country.

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Satellites capture havoc caused by Spanish floods (images)

Earth observation technology is set to play a larger role in how agencies respond to natural disasters and weather events.

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NOAA satellites watch Hurricane Rafael make landfall in Cuba (video)

Rafael made landfall in Cuba Wednesday (Nov. 6), and NOAA's GOES satellites have been monitoring the storm every step of the way.

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Teeny tardigrades can survive space and lethal radiation. Scientists may finally know how

A new species of tardigrades with thousands of genes that become more active when exposed to radiation could help in devising better protection for astronauts on long missions.

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Moon RACER: Intuitive Machines takes lunar rover out for debut drive

Intuitive Machines' lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) is not your grandfather's moon buggy. The company's Moon RACER, or Reusable Autonomous Crewed Exploration Rover, just made its public debut.

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Astronaut Suni Williams 'in good health' on the ISS, NASA says, refuting tabloid claims

NASA astronaut Suni Williams is in good health aboard the ISS, despite some speculation in the media to the contrary, agency officials stress.

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'Star Trek: Lower Decks' Season 5 episode 4: Who is Doctor Migleemo and why is he so obsessed with food?

The USS Cerritos' avian psychologist gets a taste of his homeworld.

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Space stations are loud — that's why NASA is making a quiet fan

NASA's building a quiet fan to help future astronauts have some peace and quiet.

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NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet test fires engine for 1st time

NASA's revolutionary X-59 jet is steadily progressing toward its first flight test after completing a set of engine run tests at the storied Lockheed Martin Skunk Works facility in California.

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How comet Hale-Bopp can reveal the origins of life on Earth — and maybe beyond

Scientists are tracking the evolution of comet Hale-Bopp, one of the brightest comets ever seen.

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'Beppo go home?' An astronaut monkey steals hearts in tear-jerking SNL skit

Saturday Night Live released a heart-wrenching skit about Beppo the astronaut monkey.

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SpaceX's Dragon is about to do something to the ISS it's never done before

The data from the reboost, scheduled for Nov. 8, will help inform design for a larger Dragon to deorbit the ISS.

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Venus' 'missing' giant impact craters may be hiding in plain sight

Venus' wrinkled, deformed "tesserae" terrain may be ancient impact features the size of continents, a new study suggests.

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SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites from California (video)

SpaceX launched 20 Starlink internet satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, from California early Saturday morning (Nov. 9).

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Sun erupts with powerful X2.3 solar flare, triggers radio blackouts (video)

A X2.3 solar flare Wednesday morning (Nov. 6), leading to shortwave radio blackouts for parts of the southern hemisphere.

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'Fastest-feeding' black hole of the early universe found! But does it break the laws of physics?

The hungriest known black hole in the early universe has been found, thanks to teamwork between NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory.

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'What's Starlink?' Trump talks Elon Musk, Starship and SpaceX in election night victory speech (video)

President-elect Donald Trump had high words of praise for Elon Musk and SpaceX during his election night victory speech, mentioning twice that he did not know what Starlink satellites were.

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