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Perseverance Drops Off Ingenuity Helicopter On Martian Surface
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Perseverance Drops Off Ingenuity Helicopter On Martian Surface

By Tony Ho Tran

Scientists argue that entirely space-based space elevators could greatly enhance our ability to send payloads into orbit.
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Professor Says We Could Already Build a Floating Space Elevator

By Victor Tangermann

China's space station is preparing for the first crewed missions to launch and assemble its next space station, Tiangong-3.
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Chinese Astronauts Prepare To Assemble Space Station in Orbit

By Dan Robitzski

A controversial Harvard University-led project called Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment was put on hold to await preliminary test results.
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Harvard Halts Plans for Controversial Geoengineering Experiment

By Victor Tangermann

Virgin Galactic has unveiled its latest next-generation spaceship called VSS Imagine.
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Virgin Galactic Unveils New Spaceship

By Victor Tangermann

Billionaire and space enthusiast Jared Isaacman picked the two other lucky winners to join him on a trip to space on board a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.
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A Contest Is Sending These Mere Mortals Into Orbit For Free

By Victor Tangermann

Some government agencies are standing in the way of efforts to catalog reports of "unidentified aerial phenomenon," Politico reports.
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Government Sources Say Military Is Holding Back Evidence of UFOs

By Victor Tangermann

Mathematician and astronomer Claudio Maccone published more research on how to defend Earth from asteroids with orbital missiles.
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Scientist: If Asteroids Threaten Earth, We Should Blow Them Up With Missiles

By Dan Robitzski

A new satellite called ELSA-d will snare space junk and drag it to safety with a powerful magnet to help clean up low-Earth orbit.
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Just-Launched Spacecraft Will Use Grappling Hook to Destroy Space Junk

By Dan Robitzski

Watch This Awesome Video of Clouds Drifting Across the Martian Sky
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Watch This Awesome Video of Clouds Drifting Across the Martian Sky

By Victor Tangermann

Senator Bernie Sanders suplexed tech billionaire Elon Musk in a Sunday tweet, excoriating the SpaceX CEO for pouring money into interplanetary space travel.
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Bernie Sanders Slams Elon Musk for “Unsustainable” Greed

By Jon Christian

After the military coup in Myanmar, Japan's space agency halted a joint project with Myanma scientists to prevent it from being exploited by the army.
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Satellites Are Stranded on the ISS Because of a Military Coup

By Dan Robitzski

The International Space Station recently jettisoned a nearly three ton piece of garbage into low Earth orbit. The trash is made up of old batteries.
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The Space Station Just Released Its Largest Piece of Garbage Ever

By Tony Ho Tran

Scientists are getting closer to cracking the physics of warp drive, according to aerospace engineering professor Jason Cassibry.
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Peer-Reviewed Paper Claims Faster-Than-Light Travel Is Possible

By Tony Ho Tran

A team of physicists are investigating a radical quantum theory of time which posits that there is an asymmetry between time and space.
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Is This Startup Working on an Actual Warp Drive?

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists thought the asteroid belt was either the remains of a destroyed planet or the raw materials to make a new one, but the answer is more complex.
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Is the Asteroid Belt What’s Left of an Obliterated Planet?

By Dan Robitzski

This Photo of the Sun Is Unlike Anything You’ve Ever Seen
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This Photo of the Sun Is Unlike Anything You’ve Ever Seen

By Tony Ho Tran

Russian cosmonauts currently stationed on board the ISS have started drilling holes near the infamous crack that formed in the station's Zvezda module.
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Russian Cosmonauts Are Drilling Holes in the Walls of the ISS

By Victor Tangermann

Space Tango, a Kentucky-based space startup, is planning to launch its own tiny orbital research platform in a matter of just two years.
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Kentucky Startup Plans to Launch Teeny Tiny Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk and SpaceX want to rename Boca Chica Village, the community near its Starship launch site, to "Starbase, Texas."
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Elon Musk Wants to Rename a Texas Town “Starbase”

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists have confirmed the existence of a gigantic 1,000 kilometer-across hurricane swirling hundreds of kilometers above the North Pole.
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Scientists Observe Eight-Hour “Space Plasma Hurricane”

By Victor Tangermann

Startup Unveils Rocket Capable of Sending Humans to Space
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Startup Unveils Rocket Capable of Sending Humans to Space

By Victor Tangermann

Semi-retired WWE star Triple H publicly challenged scrawny billionaire Elon Musk to a fight on Mars.
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Pro Wrestler Challenges Elon Musk to Fight

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Parker Solar Probe captured a stunning photo of Venus during its flyby en route to the Sun—but there's something in it that has scientists excited.
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This Photo of Venus Shocked Scientists. Here’s Why.

By Tony Ho Tran

Bone cancer survivor Haley Arceneaux will be experiencing the trip of a lifetime on board SpaceX's first private flight some time this year.
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Bone Cancer Survivor Will Get Free Trip to Space This Year

By Victor Tangermann

Russian physicist  Egor Loktionov is suggesting to use space-based lasers to melt non-operational satellites into plasma as a way to clean up Earth's orbit.
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Russian Scientist Proposes Using Lasers to Melt Space Junk

By Victor Tangermann

Russia has tentatively agreed to collaborate on an upcoming lunar base with China, threatening NASA's position as the world's top space agency.
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China and Russia Agree to Collaborate on Lunar Base

By Dan Robitzski

Bill Nye released an open letter addressed to president Joe Biden in which he recommended the White House to deepen their commitments to NASA.
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Bill Nye Implores Biden to Protect Earth From Dangerous Asteroids

By Victor Tangermann

The European Space Agency wants astronauts to better represent humanity, so its recruiting more women and people with physical disabilities.
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Europe Invites People With Disabilities to Become Astronauts

By Dan Robitzski

A team of astronomers suggest trans-Neptunian objects could still be distributed uniformly in our Solar System, poking a hole in the Planet Nine theory.
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Planet Nine Might Not Actually Exist, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

Flat-earthers still somehow exist in 2021, so one guy wants to send one such conspiracy theorist to space to prove them wrong.
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There’s a Crowdfunding Campaign to Send a Flat-Earther to Space

By Dan Robitzski

After spending seven months attached to the ISS, Russian cargo spacecraft Progress 76P MS-15 dropped back down to Earth to burn up in the atmosphere.
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See a Russian Cargo Spaceship Disintegrating During Reentry

By Victor Tangermann

Thanks to a new upgrade made to the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia, scientists are able to get an unprecedented look nearby celestial objects.
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Radio Telescope Is So Powerful It Can See the Surface of Other Worlds

By Victor Tangermann

According to industry sources, Jeff Bezos will focus more on his spacefaring efforts, spending more time at his space startup Blue Origin.
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Did Jeff Bezos Step Down at Amazon to Focus on a Space Empire?

By Victor Tangermann

Stanford professor Steve Blank says both FAA and Elon Musk are in the wrong for their recent spat, though Blank comes down harder on the government.
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Stanford Professor: Elon Musk and the FAA Are Both Out of Line

By Dan Robitzski

Axiom Space, the company planning to launch the first entirely-private mission into orbit, just announced its four-person crew.
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First Entirely-Private Mission to Space Station Names Its Crew

By Dan Robitzski

China is set to launch a probe to study solar storms from a Sun-synchronous orbit in the first half of 2022.
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China Is Sending a Mission to Study the Sun

By Victor Tangermann

After a food shipment for Russian space station crewmembers was delayed by two months, the American cohort split their rations.
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On ISS, Americans Give Food to Russians After Delayed Shipment

By Dan Robitzski

Would a head-on collision with a Cheeto orbiting the Earth be enough to destroy the International Space Station? Probably not, but it could do some damage.
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Debate Rages Over Whether Single Speeding Cheeto Could Destroy Space Station

By Dan Robitzski

China is set to launch three missions to kick off the construction of its space station. The first launch could happen as soon as this spring.
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China Is Launching Three Missions to Construct Its Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

A Japanese startup called Sumitomo Forestry is teaming up with Kyoto University to develop the world's first satellites — that are made out of wood.
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A Japanese Startup Is Building Wooden Satellites

By Victor Tangermann

A space tourist smuggled remains of James Doohan, known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott on the original "Star Trek" TV series, into space.
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Astronaut Secretly Smuggled Human Remains to Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

The Federal Aviation Administration has issued Santa Claus and his sleigh special commercial flight permissions to visit the International Space Station.
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FAA Issues Santa Claus Commercial License for Launch to Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has laid out its governmental laws for its future colonies on Mars. But lawyers have their doubts if those rules will be enforceable.
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Elon Musk Will Run Into Trouble Setting up a Martian Government, Lawyers Say

By Victor Tangermann

Roscosmos director general Dmitry Rogozin is furious that the U.S. government imposed sanctions on the company that makes the Soyuz rocket.
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Russian Space Chief Accuses US of Sabotaging Russian Space Program

By Dan Robitzski

A satellite company called Capella Space just launched its platform for SAR imaging satellites that can peer through clouds and even some buildings.
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A New Satellite Can Peer Inside Some Buildings, Day or Night

By Dan Robitzski

On Wednesday, Trump signed SPD-6 which calls for off-world nuclear reactors and nuclear propulsion systems for spacecraft.
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Trump Signs Directive Calling for Nuclear Reactors in Space

By Dan Robitzski

Etsy account "Makebuilder" will sell you a hand crafted ten-foot-tall "Utah monolith replica" made out of 7 gauge 304 stainless steel for $10,000.
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You Can Now Buy a $10,000 Replica Monolith on Etsy

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists at Japan's space agency were left speechless upon opening asteroid samples collected by spacecraft Hayabusa-2.
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Scientist Left “Speechless” After Opening Asteroid Samples

By Victor Tangermann

Scienitsts decided to bring spiders to the International Space Station to find out how important gravity was for their webs.
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Whose Brilliant Idea Was It to Bring Spiders to the Space Station?

By Dan Robitzski

After spending more than a year studying Ryugu, an asteroid some 180 million miles away, Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft has returned to drop off some samples.
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Japanese Spacecraft Returns Asteroid Samples to Earth

By Victor Tangermann

China has confirmed that its Chang'e-5 lunar lander's ascent vehicle has taken off, bringing with it the first lunar samples since the 1970s.
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Breaking: Chinese Lander Takes Off From Lunar Surface

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new book, of course they do. Routinely! According to a phenomenal rundown of booze in space on Supercluster, astronauts are saucing in space all the time.
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So, Uh, Astronauts Routinely Smuggle Booze Into Space

By Foster Kamer

China released video footage today of its Chang'e-5 spacecraft approaching and then safely landing on the surface of the near side of the Moon.
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China Releases Footage of Lander Touching Down on Lunar Surface

By Victor Tangermann

A team of space law experts argues that we need strong international accords to prevent military conflicts either in or fought over space.
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Here’s How We Could Avert Off-Planet Warfare

By Dan Robitzski

SETI Institute senior astronomer Seth Shostak is willing to bet you a cup of joe that we will find aliens by 2036, The Debrief reports.
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SETI Institute Scientist Says We’ll Find Aliens by 2036

By Victor Tangermann

China is about to launch an ambitious mission to the Moon in an attempt to retrieve the first lunar samples and bring them back to Earth since the 1970s.
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Watch China Launch Its Lunar Sample Return Mission Live

By Victor Tangermann

China is preparing to launch its Chang'e-5 lunar sample return mission early next week and the rocket to get it to the Moon was just rolled out.
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China Is About to Launch a Lunar Sample Return Mission

By Victor Tangermann

The First Selfie Ever Taken in Space Is For Sale
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The First Selfie Ever Taken in Space Is For Sale

By Victor Tangermann

A company called Nanoracks has a plan to gather up orbital space junk and convert it into new space stations through in-orbit manufacturing.
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Space Company Wants to Turn Orbital Junk Into Space Stations

By Dan Robitzski

Johns Hopkins University political scientist Daniel Deudney warns that space exploration could give rise to a totalitarian empire — and human extinction.
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Johns Hopkins Professor Warns of Totalitarian Military Space Empire

By Dan Robitzski

Israeli startup Aleph Farms just launched a space program, which focuses on producing meat anywhere — even in the most hostile environments such as Mars.
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Startup Exploring Lab-Grown Meat on Off-Planet Settlements

By Victor Tangermann

So far, the hunt for extraterrestrial life hasn't succeeded. But thankfully, there are loads of star systems with a clear view of us instead.
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Aliens in These Star Systems Could See Life on Earth, Scientists Say

By Dan Robitzski

The International Space Station crew had a rough night. The same day they finally found an air leak, an oxygen system, toilet, and oven all broke down.
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The Space Station’s Toilet, Oven, and Air Supply All Broke Last Night

By Dan Robitzski