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What was supposed to be a weeklong test flight in space has turned into a months-long stay for astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. While the unexpected delays from their mission may not have any […]

The weekend trip was a success for Space Perspective, the company that already has more than 1,800 people waiting for their chance to take balloon rides in a posh capsule up to the edge of […]

Two Russians on Friday set a record for the longest continuous stay on the International Space Station, according to Russia’s space agency.This post was originally published on this site

According to a large team of technical and health specialists, astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft will be well protected from radiation when the Artemis II mission travels to the moon and back next year.This post […]

Is it time for space lasers yet? Almost.This post was originally published on this site

Moon dust, or regolith, isn’t like the particles on Earth that collect on bookshelves or tabletops—it’s abrasive and it clings to everything. Throughout NASA’s Apollo missions to the moon, regolith posed a challenge to astronauts […]

Here on Earth, it might not matter if your wristwatch runs a few seconds slow. But crucial spacecraft functions need accuracy down to one billionth of a second or less. Navigating with GPS, for example, […]

Billions of dollars of observatory spacecraft orbit around Earth or in the same orbit as our planet. When something wears out or goes wrong, it would be good to be able to fix those missions […]

The Federal Aviation Administration announced Tuesday it is seeking more than $600,000 in fines against SpaceX for violating licenses from its Space Coast launch sites.This post was originally published on this site