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Space & Missions
Launches, spacecraft, satellites, exploration programs and the engineering that carries people and instruments beyond Earth.
NASA's Mars landing has no official date because architecture isn't a mission
Blue Origin patented rocket landings before launching one, then sued SpaceX over the same technology
US Air Force once planned to detonate a nuclear bomb on the Moon as Cold War show of force
Mars grows dry-ice frost overnight that vanishes back into gas after sunrise
Apollo 11 astronauts signed hundreds of autographs as life insurance their families could sell
Tides are slowly stealing Earth's spin and pushing the Moon away, one laser measurement at a time
Soviet officer's decision to ignore missile warning averted nuclear war
Mars will tear apart its moon Phobos and create a temporary ring
A dark rock picked off the gravel plains of Oman turned out to be a piece of Mars…
Perseverance rover completes Mars marathon in record time with AI navigation
