While NASA has long hoped for extractable water ice on the lunar surface, making use of the resource may be harder than expected.

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NASA and Boeing will keep the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft at the International Space Station for at least four more days to perform additional testing of the commercial crew vehicle before it returns to Earth.

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As of June 14, 2024, exactly one year has passed on Pluto since the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

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The four instruments on NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft are returning science data for the first time since a computer malfunction last November, as scientists hope to keep the mission operating for up to another decade.

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China’s experimental reusable spaceplane has been using a smaller spacecraft to test proximity operations, potentially even capturing the object.

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Armenia signed the Artemis Accords regarding safe and responsible space exploration June 12, the tenth country to do so this year.

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Nine members of Congress have asked NASA to reconsider any significant changes to operations of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory linked to proposed cuts in the space telescope’s budget.

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European-Chinese cooperation in lunar exploration could come to an end despite successful collaboration in the ongoing Chang’e-6 mission.

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NASA confirmed that Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft has suffered a fifth, although minor, helium leak in its propulsion system as engineers work to prepare the vehicle for its return to Earth next week.

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Rocket Lab has lined up nearly $50 million in federal and state funding that will help the company expand a New Mexico factory where its produces space-grade solar cells.

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China’s human spaceflight agency announced the selection of 10 new astronauts Tuesday, aiming to bolster its spaceflight capabilities for future missions, including potential crewed lunar landings.

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NASA has selected seven companies to conduct studies of “out of the box” concepts for the agency’s Mars Sample Return (MSR) program that can deliver samples faster and cheaper than current plans.

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The European Space Agency has signed an agreement with Vast to study how the agency could use and support the company’s commercial space stations.

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Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on its first crewed flight June 6 after working through problems with the spacecraft’s thrusters.

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we must develop innovative approaches to overcome novel challenges and achieve success in long-duration human spaceflight missions. 

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From expanding the Tiangong space station to a crewed moon landing by 2030, China aims to become the leading human spaceflight power.

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An ascent vehicle docked with the Chang’e-6 service module Thursday, in a critical step towards bringing the first lunar far side samples to Earth.

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The Florida crash landing of space debris jettisoned from the ISS has spun up worrisome views regarding the escalation of human-made space debris plummeting to Earth in an uncontrolled manner.

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NASA will extend the life of the Hubble Space Telescope by switching to a mode where the spacecraft operates on a single gyroscope, having rejected for now commercial proposals to reboost or repair it.

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As Ariane 6 and Vega C face high stakes, ESA champions space sustainability, says Josef Aschbacher, director general of ESA.

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While major strides are being made to protect in-orbit payloads, the ground stations that control those satellites and collect telemetry from them may be woefully undersecured.

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Congressional language intended to accelerate work on a future NASA space telescope has the side effect of forcing the agency to disband a team it created to guide the mission’s early development.

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Material from the far side of the moon has begun its journey for Earth after Chinese spacecraft collected samples and launched them into lunar orbit.

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NASA and Boeing have reset the launch of the company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for June 5 after United Launch Alliance fixed a computer problem that scrubbed the previous launch attempt.

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