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NASA Gives Green Light for First Crewed SpaceX Flight

NASA's Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will become the...

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The Year of the Satellite Megaconstellation

Swapna Krishna 06/01/2020

2019 has seen a new kind of space race:...

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Six Months After Official Deadline, 30 Fragments From ASAT Test Still in Orbit

The Wire Staff 01/11/2019

At least 28 debris fragments are being actively tracked...

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Christina Koch, Jessica Meir Accomplish First Ever All-Woman Spacewalk

Joey Roulette 18/10/2019

The mission, however, is a relatively routine one and...

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A Gadfly’s Perspective on Human Spaceflight

C.P. Rajendran 27/09/2019

The question about benefits is rhetorical but an instance...

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What Happens If You Commit a Crime In Space?

Danielle Ireland-Piper 02/09/2019

Space, like the high seas, is considered ´res communis´...

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Four Months After ASAT Test, 40% of Debris Still in Orbit

The Wire Staff 30/07/2019

India had said the debris would decay within 45...