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A Complex Mission Continues: Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is docked to the ISS, where it has remained for months longer than planned due to unexpected thruster and helium leak issues. Credit: NASA Johnson Space Center

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Slow Burn: How Starliner’s crewed test flight went awry

by Jeff Foust September 4, 2024September 3, 2024

Illustration of Astranis’ next-generation small satellites for geostationary telecommunications services. Credit: Astranis

Space Force explores ‘small GEO’ options for resilient communications

by Sandra Erwin August 5, 2024August 5, 2024

Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman testified April 30, 2024, at a hearing of the House Appropriations Committee. Credit: U.S. Air Force

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Space Force reshapes for a new era of competition

by Sandra Erwin August 4, 2024July 30, 2024

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Foust Forward | Mind the launch gap

by Jeff Foust August 2, 2024September 6, 2024

A GeniGPT-generated image depicting two satellites exploding in orbit.

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Connecting the Dots: Avoiding space explosions

by Jason Rainbow August 1, 2024July 30, 2024

DALL-E image showing the surface of the moon with visible cracks and small green sprouts emerging from the fissures.

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Growing pains for smallsat propulsion

by Debra Werner July 31, 2024July 31, 2024

The first (and smallest) torus for the 10-meter aeroshell NASA is developing with ULA, sitting on top of the six-meter LOFTID aeroshell that completed its mission in November 2022.

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Defying the heat

by Jason Rainbow July 30, 2024July 31, 2024

an illustration of a rocket launch and set against the sun, invoking the Japanese flag.

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Land of the rising space startups

by Jeff Foust July 30, 2024July 29, 2024

The Office of Space Commerce is preparing to beta test its Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). Credit: NOAA

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Military-to-civilian space traffic transition nears critical juncture

by Sandra Erwin July 8, 2024July 3, 2024

A 2011 dust storm in Saudi Arabia imaged by NASA. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Jeff Schmaltz/MODIS Land Rapid Response Team

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Connecting the Dots: From oil to orbit

by Jason Rainbow July 5, 2024July 5, 2024