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The engine that put John Glenn back in orbit is being bolted onto a Moon rocket

By Cassian Holt

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An oxidizer leak on the Dragon capsule grounded NASA’s next crew launch

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

Eight years into the journey, BepiColombo split itself apart to reach Mercury

By BeckhamLangford

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Europe’s space agency says its orbital debris index leapt from 4 to 50 in a single year

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

The International Space Station is the most expensive object ever built

By Cassian Holt

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8 space probes that ventured to the edge of the solar system

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

GPS satellites tick faster than clocks on the ground, and your maps depend on the fix

By Cassian Holt

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SpaceX’s fourteenth Starship test reaches for orbit and its first real satellite drop

By Cassian Holt

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8 satellites watching fires, floods and hurricanes before they reach you

By Cassian Holt

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Solar Orbiter flew through the Sun’s magnetic border and found it is not flat

By Cassian Holt

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China pulled its Moon south-pole mission off the pad and will not say why

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

NASA wired 17,315 feet of harness into the rotorcraft that will fly on Titan

By Cassian Holt

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BepiColombo blew the bolts on its transfer module and committed itself to Mercury

By Cassian Holt

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Hayabusa2 fired a laser at an asteroid while flying past at 5.3 kilometres a second

By Cassian Holt

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A chain reaction of space junk could one day lock humanity out of orbit

By Cassian Holt

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BepiColombo has cut loose its engine module and is falling toward Mercury

By Cassian Holt

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NASA’s Genesis capsule slammed into the Utah desert and shattered its solar-wind samples

By Cassian Holt

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A NASA photo technique is now pulling lost images out of old film

By Cassian Holt

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Eggshells may be the trick to shielding spacecraft from orbital debris

By Cassian Holt

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NASA has added a giant new dish to the Deep Space Network in the California desert

By Cassian Holt

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