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Satellite & Orbital InfrastructureRussian satellite makes deliberate close approach to U.S. radar satellite in low Earth orbit
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University of Warwick researchers identified WD J1330+6435 as the first star that would appear genuinely green…
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Engineers spun rotor tips past Mach 1.08 in a simulated Martian atmosphere without structural failure.
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Planning targets no earlier than Oct. 19, 2026, though no official launch date or mission profile…
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SpaceX will fly booster B1063 on its 36th flight, with a droneship landing attempt about 8.5…
Agency & Program NewsNASA Advances SR-1 Freedom nuclear power module for Mars mission
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The pressure matched conditions inside Neptune and Uranus, which UNLV describes as balls of molten, metallic-like…
Agency & Program NewsESA loses full-scale Space Rider test model in October drop-test failure
ESA still expects Space Rider's first flight in 2028, shifting the target from the first quarter…
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