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Boeing Starliner astronauts onNASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore say they aren't stranded aboard the space station. They'll be happy to come home but sad when their spaceflight journey comes to an end.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin layingJeff Bezos' Blue Origin is laying off about 1,000 employees, according to media reports. That's about 10% of the aerospace company's workforce.
Tom Hanks' 'The Moonwalkers'It is not unusual to see a Saturn V launch while viewing a film at Space Center Houston. Now, with "The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks," that spectacle stretches beyond the center's screen.
Construction of RomanNASA continues to progress with the development of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (RST), the next-generation observatory with a target launch date of 2027. As the direct successor to the... venerable Hubble Space Telescope, Roman will build on the successes of Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Named after NASA's first chief …

The best sci-fi TV shows of the 1950s

SPACE.com - 15 Feb 2025 18:00
The best sci-fi TV shows ofA list of 10 influential science fiction TV series from the '50s
This Week In Space podcast:On Episode 148 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik speak with Dr. Pascal Lee about why Clavius may be the ideal place to build our first lunar base.

The force is strong with this JEDI

SPACE.com - 15 Feb 2025 17:00
The force is strong with thisThe force will be strong with this next-generation imager; JEDI will be a featured instrument on the Vigil space mission set to launch in 2031.
The contract, announced by the Space Systems Command Feb. 13, is for a mission dubbed Victus Sol The post U.S. Space Force awards Firefly $21.8 million contract for rapid-response launch mission... appeared first on SpaceNews.
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocketA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched for the 26th time this morning (Feb. 15), setting a new reuse record for the company.

A Flaming Flower in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Universe Today - 15 Feb 2025 02:08
A Flaming Flower in the LargeOur neighbour, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), is rich in gas and dust and hosts regions of extremely robust star formation. It contains about 700 open clusters, groups of gravitationally bound... stars that all formed from the same giant molecular cloud. The clusters can contain thousands of stars, all emitting vibrant energy that lights up …
Eutelsat is taking another step away from consumer broadband as Starlink's sprawling low Earth orbit network continues to erode demand for geostationary services. The post Eutelsat adapts GEO strategy... as Starlink reshapes satellite connectivity appeared first on SpaceNews.
Planetary Evolution May be theA new theory suggests windows of opportunity, not a series of improbable events may have helped humans gain a foothold in the universe.
White Dwarf Star ExplosionsLearn about the explosions that often occur at the end of a white dwarf star's life, allowing scientists to study the acceleration of the universe.
A Bola Robot Could ProvideNew research on locomotion techniques that could be used in space exploration is constantly coming out. A lab from UCLA known as the Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa) is presenting a paper... at the upcoming IEEE Aerospace Conference in March that details a unique system. The Space and Planetary Limbed Intelligent Tether Technology Exploration Robot …