Falling launch costs and private innovation are fueling a new space race, transforming Earth orbit into a fast-growing global marketplace.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 25 Starlink satellites launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Feb. 7, 2025. The mission returned the Falcon to flight after an upper stage issue.
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There are only three astronauts currently aboard the ISS, and two are Russian. Even so, NASA has plans to make sure the big game will be beamed up to orbit.
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The FAA has cleared the Falcon 9 rocket to return to flight, freeing NASA and SpaceX to target Feb. 13 for the launch of the Crew-12 astronaut mission to the International Space Station.
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For the fourth time in the last 19 months, the upper stage of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket experienced a problem during a mission. How long will the vehicle be grounded this time?
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Crew-12’s timeline has been unusually dynamic.
China will work on establishing space-based data centers as a part of a larger five-year plan to expand the nation’s already significant presence in space.
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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman took Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for a ride over the Artemis 2 launch pad recently.
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“If reproduction is ever to occur beyond Earth, it must do so with a clear commitment to safety, transparency and ethical integrity.”
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NASA stopped short of completing a critical fuel test for its Artemis 2 SLS rocket because of hydrogen leaks that sound a lot like the problems they had during Artemis 1.
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