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An artist’s impression of the Athena spacecraft on the moon NASA A private space mission will launch to the moon this week, aiming for the southern-most point ever visited on the lunar surface. The Athena spacecraft, made by US-based Intuitive Machines, is due to launch onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9…

Nestled at the foot of a steep, forested hill, 16 kilometers outside Wellington, New Zealand, is a rather unassuming building; one among many on a research campus that was first established in the 1940s. From outside, there’s little to suggest that this is the birthplace of a remarkable piece of…

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch the Starlink 7-14 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Image: SpaceX Update 9:08 p.m. EST (0208 UTC): SpaceX landed the booster on the droneship. SpaceX launched the first of two planned Starlink flights over the weekend. Up first was the…

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Afrobeats isn’t just crossing borders. It’s taking up space, and Nigerians are on a winning spree. The 56th National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) Image Awards made that clear once again. The award is an annual ceremony presented by the U.S.-based NAACP to honour outstanding performances in…

An article from Work on the 380-foot-tall launchpad could begin as soon as April, according to new FAA documents. Published Feb. 21, 2025 SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn Falcon 9 rocket sits on a Launch Pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 9, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Joe Raedle via…

PLD Space says it intents to launch its Miura 5 small launch vehicle from a new spaceport in Oman starting as soon as 2027. Credit: PLD Space WASHINGTON — Spanish company PLD Space plans to conduct launches of its Miura 5 small launch vehicle from a new spaceport in Oman…

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Odds of recently discovered asteroid hitting Earth drop nearly to zero  The Washington PostWill That Asteroid Strike Earth? Risk Level Rises to Highest Ever Recorded.  The New York TimesNASA massively lowers impact risk of 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 to 1 in 360  Space.com2024 YR4  Science@NASAAsteroid 2024 YR4 explained  WEAU...Read More

By Luc Cohen (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday said it would drop a case accusing Elon Musk's space technology company SpaceX of refusing to hire certain immigrants. The Justice Department last month signaled it could back away from the case, brought during Democratic President Joe Biden's…