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Visitors to Space Center Houston can now step inside Northrop Grumman's early mockup of a lunar orbit habitat.

Open Gateway: Step into mock lunar orbit habitat at Space Center Houston

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

The public can now step into the future of lunar exploration at Space Center Houston by entering an early mockup for Northrop Grumman's Gateway astronaut accommodations around the moon.

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specs of stars and galaxies in the black of space.

James Webb Space Telescope finds galaxies pointing toward a dark matter alternative

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

A new study suggests galaxies in the early universe appear much larger and brighter than expected, precisely as predicted by modified Newtonian dynamics, or MOND.

James Webb Space Telescope
a small black point in the middle upper right is surrounded in a bright swirl of orange and yellow gases, with jets of blue shooting out perpendicular to the swirl.

Chinese private rocket launches 1st satellite for international customer

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

CAS Space successfully launched 15 satellites into Earth orbit, including one for its first foreign client, the Sultanate of Oman.

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a winged spacecraft with a rounded nose flies above earth

China reveals reusable cargo shuttle design for Tiangong space station (video)

By Andrew Jones published

China has unveiled the design of a reusable winged shuttle to take cargo to and from the country's Tiangong space station.

Launches & Spacecraft
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 Starlink satellites into orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Nov. 11, 2024.

SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites from Florida, lands rocket at sea, after weather delay (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

SpaceX launched 24 new Starlink internet satellites into orbit from Florida's Space Coast and landed a rocket at sea in the second of back-to-back launches today (Nov. 11).

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An orange man in a dark suit walks in front of a large white space capsule.

What a 2nd Trump administration could mean for NASA and space exploration

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

Former President Donald J. Trump's return to the White House next January will likely bring big changes to NASA's Artemis program and a renewed sense of urgency to a crewed landing on the moon.

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Graphic illustration with 'space calendar' in large blue neon letters and 2023 below it in smaller white letters. Below the title are four neon images depicting a meteor or comet, a telescope, a rocket launch and an astronaut's helmet. There is a starry background to the entire image.

Space calendar 2024: Rocket launches, skywatching events, missions & more!

By Space.com last updated

Reference Keep up with all the rocket launches, astronomical events and mission milestones for 2024 with our space calendar.

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China and the U.S. both have big plans for the Moon, but there are a number of reasons why no country could actually claim ownership of any land there.

The US is now at risk of losing to China in the race to send people back to the Moon’s surface

By Jacco van Loon published

In all, 12 Americans landed on the lunar surface between 1969 and 1972. Now, both the US and China are preparing to send humans back there this decade.

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a streak of fire is visible in the night sky above the rooflines of houses in a residential neighborhood

Starlink satellite falls to Earth, burns up as stunning fireball over US (video)

By Brett Tingley published

A brilliant fireball that lit up the skies over four U.S. states this weekend is reported to be from the fiery reentry of a SpaceX Starlink satellite.

Satellites
a white rocket lifts off under a sunny sky

SpaceX rocket launches Koreasat-6A satellite, lands Falcon 9 booster on record-tying 23rd flight (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the KoreaSat-6A telecom satellite today. It was be the 23rd flight for the rocket's first stage, tying a company record.

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