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the international space station as photographed while looking down at Earth

ISS could 'drift down' for a year before SpaceX vehicle destroys it in Earth's atmosphere

By Elizabeth Howell published

Bringing down a huge space complex will take time.

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Elon Musk says he'll move SpaceX headquarters to Texas over new California LGBTQ+ law

By Elizabeth Howell published

SpaceX's Elon Musk, father to a transgender daughter, says he will move his space company to Texas because he feels California is being too protective of LGBTQ+ kids.

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a view of the international space station and its solar panels in front of earth

Rare SpaceX rocket failure shows exactly why NASA wants 2 commercial options to fly astronauts to ISS

By Elizabeth Howell published

NASA wants two U.S. spacecraft to send astronauts to ISS. Backup options are once again in play after a rare rocket failure last week indefinitely grounded SpaceX's Crew Dragon.

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This shaded relief image shows the moon's Shackleton Crater, a 21-km-wide crater permanently shadowed crater near the lunar south pole. The crater’s interior structure is shown in false color based on data from NASA's LRO probe. Image released June 20, 2012.

With its latest moon mission success, China's space program has the US in its sights

By Simonetta Di Pippo published

June 25 2024 marked a new "first" in the history of spaceflight.

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a person standing beside a very large piece of debris. the debris is charred and roughly the same width as a person's height

A new, deadly era of space junk is dawning, and no one is ready

By Samantha Lawler published

A Saskatchewan farmer's near miss with potentially lethal debris falling from orbit highlights the skyrocketing risks and murky politics of space junk.

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view looking down on a rocket with flames spewing out the bottom. blurry earth is in the background

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket failure forces NASA to evaluate astronaut launch schedule for ISS

By Elizabeth Howell published

SpaceX is supposed to send a new group of astronauts to the ISS in mid-August. But after a rocket failure, NASA and SpaceX are figuring out what to do next.

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people in spacesuits on the surface of mars surrounded by metal buildings

The values of family in space (op-ed)

By Rick Tumlinson published

The frontier culture of space will enhance and revitalize the concept of family, even as it has seemed to fade in the societies that are launching this new era.

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'Drawn to our planet:' How spaceflight changed SpaceX Inspiration4 astronaut Chris Sembroski

By Leonard David published

Space.com caught up with Inspiration4 crewmember Chris Sembroski to discuss the landmark 2021 SpaceX mission and how it affected him.

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a smiling man in a blue shirt sits inside the space shuttle, surrounded by equipment

Joe Engle, X-15 rocket plane and space shuttle astronaut, dies at 91

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Joe Engle, the first astronaut to fly in space on two different winged vehicles, has died at the age of 91. Engle's first flights into space on the X-15 preceded his launching on the space shuttle.

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nine astronauts float in a mostly-white module of a space station, all smiling for a photo.

When will Starliner come home? Boeing and NASA still don't know

By Josh Dinner published

Boeing's Starliner capsule has been in orbit for more than a month, and it remains unclear when the spacecraft and its two astronauts will return to Earth.

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