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Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit has spent $1 billion trying to reach to space...
Summary List PlacementThree years ago, business magnate Richard Branson founded Virgin Orbit, an air-launch startup that aims to fly small payloads to space.Though Branson's venture has yet to reach...
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Starlink's internet satellite public beta costs $600 upfront, SpaceX says —...
Summary List PlacementSpaceX is asking people to spend $600 upfront for the public beta of Starlink, its satellite internet service — and some users have already said they'll spend more for a better...
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NASA scientists discovered a 'very weird' molecule in the atmosphere of...
Summary List PlacementTitan, the already pretty weird moon of Saturn, just got a little bit weirder. Astronomers have detected cyclopropenylidene (C3H2) in its atmosphere — an extremely rare...
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NASA's asteroid-blasting spacecraft has stored over 2 pounds of alien dust...
Summary List PlacementNASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft successfully scooped up rocky space dust from the asteroid Bennu on Friday. But in a sense, it completed its task too well: Scientists quickly...
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SpaceX and Blue Origin gave big bucks to Ted Cruz and 7 other legislators who...
Summary List PlacementSpaceX and Blue Origin are competing for extraterrestrial dominance. Both are trying to build lunar landers, create expansive satellite-internet networks, corner an emerging space...
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The International Space Station has housed people for 20 years, but the $150...
Summary List PlacementWhen astronaut Bill Shepherd and cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev boarded the first pieces of the International Space Station on November 2, 2000, they clasped hands...
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SpaceX's plans for Microsoft's mobile data centers should spook Amazon — and...
Summary List PlacementSpaceX and Microsoft have teamed up to take a bite out of Amazon's cloud-based lunch, and the effort stands to benefit streaming-video platforms. In a recently announced deal,...
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Futuristic architecture, entertainment hubs and kinetic solar panels: This is...
Summary List PlacementCommercial space flights are still shaping up to be a booming business, despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Globally, the space industry is expected to more than double...
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SpaceX's Starlink internet public beta is giving some users blistering...
Summary List Placement SpaceX tried to lower expectations when it launched its Starlink satellite internet beta on October 26 — but some users say they're already hitting download speeds of more than...
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Astronauts on the space station see vibrant deserts, roiling storms, and...
Summary List PlacementThe first expedition to the International Space Station reached the orbiting laboratory on November 2, 2000 — exactly 20 years ago. Since then, not a day has gone by without...
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The space station is showing its age after housing people for 20 years....
Summary List PlacementOn Monday, the world celebrated 20 years of continuous human presence in space. Astronauts and cosmonauts have lived aboard the International Space Station without a break since...
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Elon Musk says that 'several thousand' more Starlink internet beta...
Summary List PlacementSpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Monday that "several thousand" more invitations for the company's Starlink internet public beta would be sent out in the coming days and that it could...
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About 1 in 40 of SpaceX's Starlink satellites may have failed. That's not too...
Summary List PlacementSpaceX is launching satellites into space by the dozens to realize Starlink, a globe-encircling constellation of spacecraft that beam affordable, high-speed internet across...
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SpaceX wants to impose its 'own legal regime' on Mars for human settlements....
Summary List PlacementSpaceX may try impose its "own legal regime" on Mars and form a "self-governing,"self-sustaining settlement where Earth laws wouldn't apply.Though this may sound like a page taken...
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Gaming billionaire Gabe Newell is launching a Half Life-inspired titanium...
Summary List PlacementBillionaire Gabe Newell, president of gaming giant Valve, has found an unusual way to thank New Zealand for its hospitality during the pandemic: He's launching a gnome into...
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SpaceX's Starlink internet speeds are consistently topping 150 Mbps — now...
Summary List PlacementUsers in the public beta of SpaceX's Starlink satellite-internet service have consistently reported speeds faster than 150 megabits per second, faster than SpaceX promised — and...
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Fast radio bursts were once thought to be alien broadcasts. New research...
Summary List PlacementSomewhere beyond our galaxy, mysterious entities have been sending out bright bursts of radio waves. They last only a millisecond, careening through the cosmos.Scientists first...
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Rocket Lab will soon run its first test of a SpaceX-like rocket booster...
Summary List PlacementRocket Lab is about to attempt its first-ever recovery of a rocket booster that's flown a payload to space and fallen back to Earth. The mission, dubbed "Return to Sender" and...
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SpaceX blasted a GPS satellite into orbit for Space Force — the second it's...
Summary List PlacementElon Musk's aerospace company SpaceX successfully launched a GPS satellite for the US Space Force on Thursday, completing its second mission for the US military this year.A brand...
View ArticleNewly elected Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly and his twin brother took part in a...
Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video.Narrator: This is astronaut Scott Kelly back in 2015. For 340 days, he circled Earth inside the International Space Station, the longest any...
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