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A Chinese startup is aiming to developing spacecraft capable of sending cargo to China's space station, with a first small demonstration launch set for 2022. SpaceNews

The use of cubesats has grown dramatically in recent years, but some are wondering if the form factor has reached the limits of its usefulness. SpaceNews

Tethers Unlimited's Terminator Tape lowered a cubesat into Earth's atmosphere in eight months, while a nearly identical satellite without a 70-meter conductive tail is expected to remain in orbit for more than a decade. ...

Astra will introduce an upgraded version of its small launch vehicle on its next flight later this month intended to increase the vehicle's payload capacity. SpaceNews

The first trailer and a sneak peek at "Blade Runner: Black Lotus" are here and they're packed with sci-fi awesomeness.

One of the reasons the ISS is still alive and kicking is that it offers a unique environment for testing that is available nowhere, either on the Earth or off of it. Plenty of science experiments want to take advantage o...

Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft won't be flying to the International Space Station for NASA this month after all.

A test flight of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle will be delayed for likely several months to fix a problem with valves on the spacecraft. SpaceNews

Anomalies in the distribution of hydrogen at Occator crater on the dwarf planet Ceres reveal an icy crust, says a new paper led by Tom Prettyman, a Senior Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute.

Sun-exploring spacecraft Solar Orbiter has captured this video of a glowing crescent of Venus as it flew past the planet during a gravity-assist flyby on Monday (Aug 9).

As any good project manager will tell you, goals are necessary to complete any successful project. The more audacious the goal, the more potentially successful the project will be. But bigger goals are harder to hit, lea...

Advances in commercial drone technology are opening up new growth opportunities for the space industry, which has an often underappreciated synergistic relationship with uncrewed aerial vehicles. SpaceNews

Asteroid Bennu is one of the two most hazardous known asteroids in our Solar System. Luckily, the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer) spacecraft orbited Benn...

Week in images: 09 - 13 August 2021 Discover our week through the lens

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NASA's Perseverance rover's first sample collection didn't go as planned due to trouble with a "unique" and unexpectedly powdery Mars rock.

Model rocket maker Estes has unveiled its newest expert-level rocket the DARC-1, as the latest addition to their Space Corps line just in time for the last days of summer.

Scanning through data fresh off the telescope, we saw two ghosts dancing deep in the cosmos.

People who design spacecraft must prioritize two factors: reducing weight and managing extreme temperatures.

Boeing's troubled Starliner spaceship could be set for further delays after the company said Thursday it was working to solve problems with the propulsion system.

In April 2021, Bumble, one of the free-flying Astrobee robots aboard the International Space Station, was put to the test to investigate a simulated anomaly....