Florida-based Space Beyond plans to start building its first memorial spacecraft next week after booking a launch on SpaceX’s ...

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The 21st century is featuring a second space age that is increasingly private.

Just like your cellphone stays connected by roaming between networks, NASA's Polylingual Experimental Terminal, or PExT, technology demonstration is proving space missions can do the same by switching ...

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) --The United States has entered a consequential new era of competition with China in space -- one that lawmakers said will shape global power, economic security and military ...

Space mining tech is advancing as robotic systems make asteroid exploration and resource analysis increasingly viable. Autonomous rovers now assess asteroid composition using laser-based spectroscopy, ...

In 2026, astronauts will travel around the moon for the first time since the Apollo era, powerful new space telescopes will prepare to survey billions of galaxies, and multiple nations will launch ...

The record-breaking 94th launch of the year is scheduled to take place this weekend, with SpaceX and Blue Origin liftoffs scheduled. SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9 boosters are credited with dramatically ...