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Explosion destroys building at Northrop Grumman rocket test site in Utah
By Josh Dinner published
A fire at a Northrop Grumman facility in Utah sent a building up in flames April 16. No injuries were reported.

2 private satellites undock after pioneering life-extension mission
By Andrew Jones published
Two commercial satellites have completed an undocking maneuver high above Earth, signaling the successful end to a pioneering spacecraft life-extension mission.

It's always a pleasure to meet a new Lego Star Wars set, as Jango Fett’s Firespray-Class Starship drops in for Star Wars Day
By Jeff Spry published
Lego's 2,970-piece Ultimate Collector Series set arrives in time for May the Fourth!

Ryan Gosling's new 'Star Wars' movie 'Starfighter' is coming in 2027, and it has nothing to do with the Starfighter games
By Fran Ruiz published
Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy is visiting the galaxy far, far away to tell a standalone story set five years after The Rise of Skywalker.

On this day in space! April 18, 2014: NASA's LADEE probe crashes into the moon
By Hanneke Weitering last updated
On April 18, 2014, NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) ended its mission by crashing into the moon.

'It's very pro-commercial space right now': An industry insider's off-Earth status report
By Leonard David published
Space.com caught up recently with Dave Cavossa, president of the Commercial Space Federation, to discuss the state of the U.S. private space industry.

'I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream' celebrates 30 years with a console port, ready to traumatise a whole new generation with its tales of a mad AI god
By Fran Ruiz published
Nightdive Studios' port of the classic point-and-click sci-fi adventure to modern consoles gets the job done and feels hauntingly timely.

Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong's gold Omega moonwatch sells for record $2.2M at auction
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
A new record has been set for the most paid at auction for an astronaut's timepiece. The 18-karat gold Omega Speedmaster that was presented to Neil Armstrong sold for $2,187,500 with premium.
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