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India successfully orbits 2 Singapore satellites (Ld)
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh)India on Saturday successfully placed into orbit TeLEOS-2 and Lumilite-…
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ISRO receives Indo-US jointly developed NISAR satellite
NISAR, an Earth-observation satellite, is being jointly developed by the National Aeronautics and S…
ANI
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A Chinese hypersonic weapon that alarmed top US military leaders fired something off as it sped toward its target
The projectile, possibly a missile or countermeasure, was reportedly launched midflight inside the …
Ryan Pickrell
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Top US general says Chinese hypersonic weapon test is close to 'Sputnik moment' and 'has all of our attention'
"I think it's very close to that," Gen. Mark Milley said of a reported Chinese hypersonic weapon te…
Ryan Pickrell
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Explained: What is NavIC, developed by ISRO, that the government wants to make mandatory for smartphones
Navigation with Indian Constellation, also known as NavIC, is a stand-alone satellite navigation sy…
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A report says China tested a new hypersonic missile capability, but Beijing says it was testing spacecraft technology
A missile defense expert told Insider that the media report and China's claims about what happened …
Ryan Pickrell
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In a first-ever for space junk, Dish Network was fined $150,000 for leaving a retired satellite to orbit indefinitely in the wrong place
Dish left a satellite in the wrong disposal orbit, the FCC said, noting it was the first enforcemen…
Kelsey Vlamis
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SpaceX is poised to make rocket launches 10 times cheaper with Starship, experts say
SpaceX's Starship mega-rocket reached a major milestone on Thursday, pushing Elon Musk's ambition t…
Marianne Guenot,Morgan McFall…
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SpaceX and ULA set to launch robots into orbit next year that will grab space junk and fix satellites
The robots, named after humans, are designed to perform different tasks in orbit. Meet Barry, Fred,…
Kate Duffy
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A packed launch schedule for ISRO after Chandrayaan-3 mission
Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun, is getting ready for the l…
PTI
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Elon Musk says SpaceX will launch its Starship mega-rocket to orbit for the first time this year
SpaceX's Starship rocket is stacked atop its 23-story Super Heavy booster at the company's Boca Chi…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Jeff Bezos will spend just 3 minutes in space, with no pilot or spacesuit. His flight will be unlike any before it.
The New Shepard spacecraft carrying Jeff Bezos won't reach Earth's orbit, and there won't be anybod…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Images from the Solar Orbiter spacecraft reveal tiny flares shooting from a 'hole' in the sun. They could explain how the sun blasts Earth with charged particles.
Solar Orbiter's discovery of these jets, called "picoflares," could solve the mystery of how the su…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Elon Musk says SpaceX is building a launch pad for Starship orbital flights on Florida's eastern coastline
Elon Musk said SpaceX's launch pad in Florida will have a better launch tower and ground systems th…
Kate Duffy
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Starship's 3rd-launch success: Rocket finally soared to space without blowing up, but SpaceX lost it on reentry
SpaceX's Starship rocket successfully reached space on its third launch attempt, but it lost commun…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Mariann…
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A second Earth-sized world orbiting a dwarf star discovered by scientists
Using data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, scientists have identified an Earth-s…
ANI
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ISRO successfully conducts propulsion system tests for its first human spaceflight mission
ISRO has successfully carried out two more tests as part of plans to further validate and refine th…
PTI
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Did Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket make a hole in Earth's ionosphere? A US space physicist claims it did
A Falcon 9 rocket launched by Elon Musk's SpaceX earlier this month has made a temporary hole in Ea…
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Intuitive Machines almost lost its moon lander because somebody forgot to flip a switch before launch
Intuitive Machines almost lost its moon landing after someone forgot to flip a switch before launch…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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See how NASA's new lunar mega-rocket sizes up to past and future astronaut launch systems
NASA's Space Launch System is built to return astronauts to the moon. Photos and one chart show how…