The search for past or present life should be the top science objective of future human missions to Mars, a new National Academies report concludes.
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NASA has lost contact with a Mars orbiter that has circled the planet for more than a decade, collecting science data and serving as a key communications relay.
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A space solar power startup has emerged from stealth after demonstrating a key technology for its plans to transmit power from space to the Earth.
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The Senate Commerce Committee advanced the nomination of Jared Isaacman to be NASA administrator to the full Senate in a Dec. 8 vote.
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A proposed European Union space law could cost both European and American space companies hundreds of millions of euros in lost revenue annually, according to a new study.
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NASA has extended an agreement with a nonprofit organization to manage the portion of the International Space Station designated as a national laboratory, likely for the final time.
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A House hearing on the rise of China’s space program turned into a broader critique of U.S. space policy, including NASA’s current approach to returning astronauts to the moon.
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he Department of the Air Force has approved plans to convert a former Delta 4 launch site at Cape Canaveral into a complex for SpaceX’s Starship.
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Northrop Grumman tested a solid rocket motor Dec. 4 as part of an internal program to advance solid rocket propulsion technologies.
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Orbex received far less funding than the other four ESA European Launcher Challenge companies after the U.K. deferred a decision on funding allocations.
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Roscosmos has replaced a cosmonaut assigned to the next Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station for reasons neither it nor NASA will disclose.
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Senate Commerce Committee leaders said they hope to swiftly confirm Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator as he delivered a “message of urgency” about returning astronauts to the moon before China.
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When a Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California late Nov. 16, it did something that was unprecedented a decade ago but unremarkable today: it landed the first stage, in this case on a pad next to where it lifted off. SpaceX noted that the launch, carrying the Sentinel-6B Earth science […]
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Nuclear power startup Antares announced a $96 million Series B round Dec. 2 to fund work on developing small nuclear reactors, including for space applications.
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