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NASA's Kennedy Space Center director is warning Florida lawmakers that the state's leadership in space is at risk due to a lack of infrastructure funding.
NASA has officially begun building its nuclear-powered drone, Dragonfly, which is scheduled to launch in 2028 to explore Saturn's largest moon, Titan.
The European Space Agency's Plato satellite is undergoing critical tests in a massive vacuum chamber, simulating the extreme hot and cold of space.
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams are scheduled to conduct a spacewalk on March 18 to prepare the International Space Station for a major power system upgrade.
NASA is set to announce the status of its Artemis 2 moon mission today following a delay caused by a technical issue with the SLS rocket.
Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket has successfully reached orbit in a crucial test flight, marking a comeback after two significant failures in the previous year.
New data confirms NASA's DART mission in 2022 permanently altered the solar orbit of the entire Didymos-Dimorphos asteroid system, a historic first.
Authors Jeff Rake and Rob Hart discuss their new sci-fi novel "Detour," a story about astronauts returning to a changed Earth, and why they chose Titan over Mars.
A surge in space launches is polluting the upper atmosphere with metallic particles and soot, posing a significant threat to the Earth's ozone layer and climate.
A groundbreaking experiment on the ISS has confirmed that fungi can effectively mine valuable metals like platinum from meteorites in space, paving the way for future colonies.
Private companies have taken the lead in space, conducting 70% of global launches in 2024. This commercial surge is driving the space economy toward a projected $1 trillion valuation by 2032.
A U.S. Senate committee has proposed legislation to extend the International Space Station's operations until 2032, preventing its deorbit until a commercial replacement is ready.
