How NASA Would Struggle Without SpaceX if Trump Cancels Musk’s Contracts

If President Trump cancels the contracts for Elon Musk’s private spaceflight company, the federal government would struggle to achieve many goals in orbit and beyond.

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Ispace of Japan’s Resilience Lander Heads to the Moon: How and When to Watch

Ispace crashed on the moon in 2023. Its second spacecraft, Resilience, aims in the hours ahead to succeed where its predecessor failed.

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China to Launch Tianwen-2 Mission to Capture Pieces of Near-Earth Asteroid

The robotic Tianwen-2 spacecraft will collect samples from Kamoʻoalewa, which some scientists suspect is a fragment of the moon.

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SpaceX to Launch Starship Flight 9: When and How to Watch

Much is riding on Flight 9 for Elon Musk’s giant moon and Mars rocket after debris from January and March flights fell into the Atlantic Ocean, disrupting air travel.

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What Sonic Detectives Listen for When Rockets Launch

Physicists who record rocket launches and landings, most often by SpaceX, are learning important facts about the acoustics of spaceflight.

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Soviet Spacecraft Crash Lands on Earth After a Journey of Half a Century

Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions for exploring the solar system.

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What to Know About Kosmos-482, a Soviet Spacecraft Returning to Earth After 53 Years

Kosmos-482, which was headed to Venus, is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere by the end of this weekend. Experts don’t yet know where it may come down.

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Amazon to Launch First Project Kuiper Internet Satellites: What to Know

The spacecraft are the online giant’s entry into beaming wireless service from space, but the company has much to do before it can compete with SpaceX’s Starlink.

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Willy Ley Was a Prophet of Space Travel. His Ashes Were Found in a Basement.

During his life, Willy Ley predicted the dawn of the Space Age with remarkable accuracy. How did his remains end up forgotten in a co-op on the Upper West Side?

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Blue Origin Flight Will Take 6 Women, Including Gayle King and Katy Perry, to Space

The women were set to travel on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket, as part of the first all-female space crew in more than 60 years.

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