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At long last: Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket set to debut on July 9
Europe's new Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket is set to launch for the first time on July 9 after a series of delays.
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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 114 —Starliners & Starships
On Episode 114 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk about the launches of Boeing's Starliner and SpaceX's Starship.
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SpaceX wants to build 1 Starship megarocket a day with new Starfactory
During a successful fourth flight test of Starship this week, SpaceX stated another big goal: Building one megarocket a day at its new Starfactory.
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Arrokoth the 'space snowman' probably tastes like sweet soap
Kuiper Belt Object Arrokoth, the farthest object ever explored by a spacecraft, likely tastes sweet — and soapy.
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Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who captured 'Earthrise,' killed in plane crash
Bill Anders, who as an Apollo 8 astronaut was one of the first people to fly to the moon in 1968, was killed on June 7 when the vintage plane he was piloting crashed off the coast of Washington.
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NASA wants new ideas for its troubled Mars Sample Return mission
NASA's Mars Sample Return mission has faced quite a few hurdles, and the agency has selected ten studies to try and find more affordable and quicker means of going about the project.
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Virgin Galactic launches VSS Unity space plane on final suborbital spaceflight with crew of 6 (photos)
Virgin Galactic launched its seventh commercial spaceflight mission on June 8 during the final flight of its VSS Unity suborbital spaceplane.
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SpaceX lands Falcon 9 rocket for 300th time (video)
SpaceX landed one of its Falcon 9 rockets for the 300th time tonight (June 7), notching the milestone during a Starlink satellite launch.
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Jupiter's raging gas cyclones may actually mirror Earth's oceans. Here's how
Jupiter and Earth's oceans have more in common than you might think.
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Why is Neptune's magnetic field so weird? An exotic molecule may be the answer
An exotic molecule stabilized by intense pressure found in the icy depths of Neptune and Uranus could help explain a long-standing mystery.
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US military test launches 2 unarmed intercontinental ballistic missiles in 2 days
The United States Air Force and U.S. Space Force conducted two routine test launches of unarmed intercontinental ballistic missiles this week from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
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Doctor Who 'Dot and Bubble': Why are space slugs eating influencers in Finetime?
In the fifth episode of "Doctor Who," called"'Dot and Bubble," a city has been invaded by giant, human-eating space slugs, and they seem to have a plan.
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South Korea creates new KASA space agency, sets sights on the moon and Mars
South Korea has announced the creation of a new space agency and is aiming to land its own spacecraft on the moon and Mars in the coming decades.
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Scientists find slowest spinning 'radio neutron star' — it breaks all the dead-star rules
Taking almost a full hour to rotate rather than fractions of a second, ASKAP J1935+2148 is the slowest spinning radio-blasting neutron star ever seen.
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'Sudden, brief, and unexpected:' dearMoon crew laments cancellation of private SpaceX Starship moon mission
Crew members selected for a planned flight around the moon funded by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa shared public feelings of disappointment after the mission's cancellation.
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Massive 'El Gordo' galaxy cluster suggests dark matter smashes into itself
El Gordo is a massive collection of colliding galaxies 7 billion light-years away. Its odd behavior could suggest dark matter interacts with itself.
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A billionaire wanted to save the Hubble Telescope — here's why NASA politely declined
Billionaire Jared Isaacman wanted to conduct a private Hubble Telescope reboost mission. NASA says 'not yet.'
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Thruster glitches and helium leaks can't stop Boeing's Starliner astronaut test flight — but why are they happening?
Boeing's Starliner Crew Flight Test faced down thruster glitches and helium leaks to reach the International Space Station on June 6. Why all the glitches and is NASA worried?
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The 'hole' on Mars making headlines could be crucial to Red Planet exploration
Similar craters are found on Earth and the Moon, and are the product of volcanic, tectonic or even fluvial activity.
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'Most unique tree here:' Artemis Moon Tree planted at US Capitol
Reid Wiseman felt a little jealous about the tree that he and his crewmates helped dedicate on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol. The NASA astronaut was, in a way, beaten to the moon by the sapling.
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