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NASA announced Sept. 23 it was awarding a contract to Lockheed Martin for long-term production of the Orion spacecraft, covering as many as 12 spacecraft that would meet NASA's anticipated needs into the 2030s. SpaceNews...

Elon Musk has provided another update on the construction of the Starship prototype, which now includes steerable tail fins. The post SpaceX Starship Gets Some Fins appeared first on Universe Today.

The first astronaut from the United Arab Emirates is set to fly to the International Space Station on Wednesday (Sept. 25).

Many of the best-loved galaxies in the cosmos are remarkably large, close, massive, bright, or beautiful, often with an unusual or intriguing structure or history....

HySpecIQ's contract follows three commercial imagery study awards announced by the NRO in June to BlackSky Global, Maxar Technologies and Planet. SpaceNews.com

NASA and Lockheed Martin have finalized their contract for the delivery of the 6 to 12 Orion capsules that will take astronauts back to the Moon. The post Lockheed Wins the Contract to Build Six More Orion Capsules appea...

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A Japanese cargo ship successfully launched to the International Space Station Tuesday (Sept. 24), lifting off two weeks late due a launch pad fire during its first liftoff attempt.

New analyses of volcanic rocks fill gaps in Earth's ancient history.

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Beginning as small, icy bodies on the outskirts of the solar system, comets turn into spectacular streaks of light when they pass through a "gateway" near Jupiter.

At a presentation at this year's AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum, engineer Joseph Agnew spoke of the progress being made on the Alcubierre Warp Drive. The post Just How Feasible is a Warp Drive? appeared first on Univer...

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A Japanese supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station on Tuesday, two weeks after a launch pad fire halted the first countdown.

A provocative new study looks at the resource utilization and technological strategies that would be needed to make a Mars population of one million people food self-sufficient. A detailed model of population growth, cal...

NASA is on track to test a full version of the new lunar spacesuits on the International Space Station in 2023, an agency official told a conference this month.

A Senate appropriations subcommittee approved a spending bill Sept. 24 that would provide $22.75 billion for NASA in fiscal year 2020, including much, but not all, of what the agency sought in additional funding for the ...

In January of this year, China's Chang'E-4--the fourth version of a lunar spacecraft named for the Chinese goddess of the Moon--landed on the far side of the Moon. Due to the location of the landing, Chang'E-4 had to nav...

As more and more people, no matter where they live, want or even need satellite broadband services as part of their day to day lives, it is increasingly important for the world's governments to work to ensure that all te...

As millions of people around the world marched for urgent action on climate change ahead of this week's UN Climate Action Summit, an icebreaker set sail from Norway to spend a year drifting in the Arctic sea ice. This ex...

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Researchers are one step closer to determining how heavy the universe’s lightest matter particle might be --