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Amazon’s Leo constellation just crossed 300 satellites in orbit — now the third-biggest network in space and closing the gap on Starlink ahead of commercial service this year

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

A new Chinese spacecraft just refueled another satellite in orbit for the first time — a docking-and-refuel maneuver that could keep aging satellites running for years

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

NASA just spent $1 billion on lunar hardware from Blue Origin, Firefly, Astrolab, and Lunar Outpost — locking in landers, rovers, and drones for a permanent moon base

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

ULA just cleared the Atlas V for today’s Amazon Leo 7 launch — 29 satellites going up at 12:27 PM Eastern after a week of repairs

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

Two Russian cosmonauts are walking outside the space station today — NASA streaming the spacewalk live as Roscosmos moves experiments around the orbiting lab

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

Two spacecraft just captured both hemispheres of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS at the same time — their twin ultraviolet views map out gas streams no single telescope could see

By Cassian Holt

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An Atlas V rocket launches from Cape Canaveral today carrying 29 Amazon internet satellites — tying the heaviest payload the rocket has ever flown

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

Amazon’s Leo network just crossed 300 satellites in orbit — closing the gap on Starlink as commercial service inches toward customers this year

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft just beamed back stunning images of Mars from a 12,000-mile-an-hour slingshot — catching the planet’s surface in sharp detail on its way to a metal asteroid

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

The newest Chinese spacecraft just refueled another satellite in orbit for the first time — a docking-and-refuel maneuver that could keep aging satellites alive for years

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

NASA just awarded $1 billion in lunar contracts to Blue Origin, Firefly, Astrolab, and Lunar Outpost — locking in the landers, rovers, and drones for a permanent moon base

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

NASA just mapped a permanent moon base spanning hundreds of square miles by 2036 — with hopping drones, new lunar rovers, and a crew living there by 2030

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

Russia will begin sea trials this year on the Khabarovsk — a new submarine built to carry the Poseidon nuclear torpedo, designed to drown coastlines in radioactive waves

By Alexander Clark

Space Systems

Amazon’s Leo satellite internet network just crossed 300 spacecraft in orbit — closing the gap on Starlink and targeting commercial service across the U.S. this year

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

The Starlink megaconstellation just crossed 10,000 active satellites in orbit — more spacecraft above our heads than the rest of humanity has ever launched combined

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

A Falcon 9 booster just landed for the 28th time on a drone ship — setting a record for the most-reused piece of hardware ever to reach space

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

NASA’s Psyche just skipped past Mars at 12,000 miles an hour — using the planet’s gravity to sling itself toward a metal asteroid worth more than Earth’s economy

By Cassian Holt

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China just raced a cargo ship to its space station in a matter of hours — a lightning-fast docking that beat the old multi-day approach for resupply

By Cassian Holt

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SpaceX just launched its 100th rocket of the year — keeping up a relentless pace of roughly one liftoff every 36 hours, a cadence no one has matched

By Cassian Holt

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China is racing to loft hundreds more satellites this year for its Starlink rival — the GuoWang megaconstellation built to blanket the planet in state-run broadband

By Cassian Holt

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