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Commercializing the International Space Station could allow for testing components for moon and Mars missions, and the orbiting platform could also be a pit stop on the way to the moon.

SpaceX won a $2 million contract from the SpEC consortium to study ways to provide weather data to the U.S. Space Force. SpaceNews

Telesat won a $18.3 million DARPA contract to produce two satellite buses for the Blackjack low-Earth orbit constellation. SpaceNews

NASA has selected its first human-tended commercial suborbital research payload, clearing the way for the biggest advocate of such research to fly on a future Virgin Galactic mission. SpaceNews

A Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) planetary scientist has been chosen to be among the first group to conduct NASA-funded science experiments while flying aboard a commercial spacecraft, the space agency announced tod...

The Army is looking at commercially managed satellite communications services for it logistics network. SpaceNews

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NASA will broadcast coverage of a first for the agency as its Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission attempts to collect a sample of asteroid Bennu on T...

Using the largest survey ever conducted, a team of astronomers from the IfA have created the largest 3D catalog of the Universe ever! The post The Most Comprehensive 3D Map of Galaxies Has Been Released appeared first on...

SpaceX, Astrobotic and a dozen other companies just got an infusion of NASA cash to develop potentially game-changing exploration technologies.

A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory research group will use its background in space system development to help ensure future satellites have the capability to work together.

Quasars are the brightest objects in the universe and among the most energetic. They outshine entire galaxies of billions of stars. A supermassive black hole lies at the heart of every quasar, but not every black hole is...

On Saturday, October 20, 2018, the BepiColombo space probe set off on its journey to Mercury from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The 6.40 meters high and 4.1 tons heavy BepiColombo space probe consists ...

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Three astronauts made a record-setting jaunt to the International Space Station, and another astronaut already in orbit caught stunning photos of the launch.

Three new crewmembers arrived at the International Space Station today (Oct. 14) after a record-breaking speedy flight to the orbiting lab.

NASA has selected 14 American companies, including several small businesses, as partners to develop a range of technologies that will help forge a path to sustainable Artemis operations on the Moon by the end of the deca...

Video: 00:01:13 The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe's gateway to space. World-leading programmes for space science and exploration fly rockets, astronauts and robotic missions to explore our Solar System and beyond...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

The structure that will fly the first woman and next man to land on the moon and return on the Artemis III mission by 2024 arrived at the Airbus integration hall in Bremen, Germany, from its Thales Alenia Space manufactu...

A rover trundles over rocky terrain, its four metal wheels clattering along until they encounter a seemingly insurmountable hazard: a steep slope. Down below is a potential trove of science targets. With a typical rover,...

A three-person crew successfully reached the International Space Station on Wednesday aboard a Russian rocket after the fastest ever journey from Earth of just over three hours.