outer space
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Joint Europe-Japan Spacecraft Captures First Photos of Mercury
A space mission jointly launched by the European and Japanese space agencies has captured its first, up-close look at the…
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SpaceX Starship Stacking Produces the Tallest Rocket Ever Built
Starship SN20 as it’s being lifted to the top of the Super Heavy booster. Image: Elon Musk/SpaceX Earlier today, engineers…
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Ticket-Holder for Jeff Bezos’s Rocket Ride Now Has Something Better to Do
Amazon executive chairman and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos speaking after receiving the 2019 International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Excellence in…
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Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity Nails Nails Third Space Flight
VSS Unity in space over New Mexico.Photo: Virgin Galactic Space tourism really is the hot topic among billionaires nowadays, and…
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Meet VIPER, NASA’s New Water-Hunting, Crater-Crushing Lunar Rover
Conceptual image of VIPER. Image: NASA Ames/Daniel Rutter Equipped with headlights and a suite of powerful instruments, NASA’s VIPER is…
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European Space Agency Lays Out Plans for a Lunar Satellite Network
A mock-up of the Heracles lunar lander, slated to head to the moon in the late 2020s.Illustration: ESA/ATG Medialab The…
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SpaceX Lays Out Plan for First Starship Orbital Test Flight
Conceptual image of a Starship launch involving both stages of the reuseable system. Image: SpaceX SpaceX has demonstrated its ability…
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Google Cloud Teams Up With SpaceX in Satellite Internet Connectivity Deal
Photo: Jim Watson (Getty Images) Google announced Thursday that it’s partnering with SpaceX to link Elon Musk’s ambitious satellite internet…
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To No One’s Surprise, Elon Musk Talked About Dogecoin on SNL
One of the most anticipated and hyped moments of Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s appearance on Saturday Night Live…
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When Will We Know Where the Chinese Rocket Will Crash?
A Long March 5B rocket, carrying China’s Tianhe space station core module, lifts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center…
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