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Chinese astronauts inspect damaged Shenzhou 20 spacecraft during 8-hour spacewalk (video)

The Shenzhou 20 vehicle was deemed unfit to carry astronauts back to Earth after suffering a space junk strike.
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NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft goes silent: What happened to Mars’ most important orbiter?

NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft, which has been orbiting Mars since 2014, is experiencing an unprecedented communication failure. The ...

NASA Loses Contact with Spacecraft That's Been Orbiting Mars for Over a Decade

NASA announced that it lost contact with the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft after it orbited behind Mars on Dec. 6.
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Chinese Astronauts Clamber Outside Space Station to Inspect Damaged Spacecraft

The Shenzhou-20 spacecraft was deemed not safe enough to return its crew after the cracks were found, prompting an orbital ...
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Shenzhou 20 capsule cracks under space junk impact: Astronauts investigate during historic spacewalk

A recent spacewalk conducted byChinese astronauts on the Shenzhou 21 mission sheds new light on the growing issue of space ...
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NASA's Orion spacecraft snaps a selfie on its journey beyond the far side of the moon

NASA released a selfie taken by the Orion capsule and close-up photos of the moon's crater-marked landscape as the spacecraft continues on the Artemis 1 mission, a 25-and-a-half day journey that ...

Boeing’s troubled Starliner spacecraft to fly again

NASA and Boeing are targeting no earlier than April 2026 for the Starliner-1 flight. If that flight passes off without incident and the capsule’s critical systems are deemed to be in proper working ...
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A Record Number of Spacecraft Have Swarmed the International Space Station

The International Space Station is hosting a record number of eight spacecraft docked at all eight of its ports for the first ...
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Making multiple breakthroughs in spacecraft swarms

Starling’s success does not rest on a single technological breakthrough but on a series of innovations in mesh networking, ...
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‘You’ll Thank Me Later’ may be name of new Starship barge. Other catchy SpaceX names

Is Falcon 9 named for 'Star Wars?' How do Iain M. Banks novels influence the names of SpaceX's drone ships? It's not just spacecraft and sea vessels that are branded with SpaceX's signature catchy ...

New Idea Could Turn Space Debris Into Future Spacecraft

A circular space economy could transform wasteful spaceflight into a sustainable, reusable system for the future.
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NASA spacecraft were vulnerable to hacking for 3 years and nobody knew. AI found and fixed the flaw in 4 days

"A vulnerability in this software poses a threat to billions of dollars in space infrastructure and the scientific missions ...