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Launches, spacecraft, satellites, exploration programs and the engineering that carries people and instruments beyond Earth.
In July 2026, a Falcon 9 carried 21 more satellites into polar orbit for the Pentagon's…
The North Star is not the brightest star in the sky — not even close
Seven fragments hidden inside lunar dust returned by China’s Chang’e-6 mission came…
In October 1976, Soyuz 23 came down in a blizzard on a half-frozen lake in Kazakhstan…
The navigation technique that brought Apollo 13 home in April 1970
In May 1969, Apollo 10 carried a lunar module called Snoopy to within 14.4 kilometres…
In May 1992, after two failed attempts to capture a 4.5-tonne communications satellite…
Gen. Chance Saltzman used his final public address as chief of the U.S. Space Force to…
Saturn's moon Titan runs the same weather cycle as Earth
In February 1966, the Soviet Luna 9 probe bounced across the Ocean of Storms on airbags…
