A failed space probe from the former Soviet Union is expected to fall back to Earth soon ... and crashed in the mountains of North Carolina. SpaceX's most recent test flights with the company's ...

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A recent study has pinpointed the origin of a 120-million-year-old 'super-eruption,' shedding new light on Earth's intricate ...

A change in engines will cause the launch of a lunar lander being built for a NASA-funded mission to slip from 2026 to 2027.

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However, a problem occurred after it reached space which trapped it in an elliptical orbit around Earth. The spacecraft ... An artist's impression of Venusian mountains, depicted for NASA's ...

In his new memoir Things Become Other Things, photographer and essayist Craig Mod contemplates the power of a long walk to ...

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There are now likely more than 150 million such debris objects 1 centimeter in size or smaller, whizzing around in low Earth ... space-worthy component suppliers, space engine providers ...