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The first crewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is a step closer to launch after completing a major pre-launch review April 25.
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The layoffs come just weeks after an unsuccessful debut mission for True Anomaly’s Jackal spacecraft launched to low Earth orbit
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China’s three Shenzhou-18 mission astronauts arrived at the Tiangong space station Thursday following launch from Jiuquan spaceport.
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Nicaragua has joined the ILRS moon base program as China continues its push to attract partners for the project.
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A NASA Mars smallsat mission is slated to launch in late September on the first flight of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket, assuming the vehicle is ready in time.
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Russia, as expected, vetoed April 24 a United Nations Security Council resolution crafted in response to reports that the country was developing a nuclear anti-satellite weapon.
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China is on target to reach its goal of putting its astronauts on the moon before the end of the decade, according to the country’s human spaceflight agency.
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Gen. Michael Guetlein said the military for centuries has relied on private sector contractors during wars, and the same should apply to operations in space
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The approaching centennial of Goddard's first liquid-fueled rocket is just what we need to fuel a new generation of space pioneers.
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Rocket Lab launched a South Korean smallsat and a NASA solar sail experiment on the company’s fifth flight of the year April 23.
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