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We’ve Become More Ambitious About Reaching Alpha Centauri – What Changed?

The bright star on the left, Alpha Centauri, is in fact two stars close together: Alpha Centauri A and B. A much dimmer star, circled in red, is Proxima Centauri and is thought to be orbiting the A/B pair. The bright star on the right is Beta Centauri, considered to be a separate stellar system. Credit: Skatebiker/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Starshot, a Billionaire’s New Mission to Get to Alpha Centauri in 20 Years

NASA Operators Manage to Bring K2 Out of Emergency Mode

Watch: SpaceX Lands Rocket on a Floating Ship

A NASA image shows the International Space Station as it flew over Madagascar, showing three of the five spacecraft docked to the station in this photo taken by the Expedition 47 Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA on April 6, 2016 and released on April 8, 2016. Credit: REUTERS/Tim Peake/ESA/NASA/Handout via Reuters

SpaceX Rocket Booster Makes Breakthrough Landing at Sea

The International Space Station. Credit: NASA

Will ISRO Participate in the International Space Station?

NASA's Kepler spacecraft, imaged by an artist. Credit: NASA

Planet-Hunting K2 Spacecraft in Trouble

Did Comets Kick-Start Life on Earth? Chemists Find Missing Piece of Puzzle

Why X-ray Astronomers are Anxious for Good News from Troubled Hitomi Satellite

Two halves of the PSLV-C22 heat shield enclosing the IRNSS-1A satellite, whose clocks have developed glitches, ahead of launch in July 2013. Source: ISRO

Perspectives on Creating a Space Industry Ecosystem in India

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