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The most powerful space telescope ever built will look back in time to the Dark Ages of the universe

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SpaceX Inspiration4 mission sent 4 people with minimal training into orbit – and brought space tourism closer to reality

SpaceX Inspiration4 mission sent 4 people with minimal training into orbit – and brought space tourism closer to reality Four people – none of them trained astronauts – launched into orbit aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule on Sept. 15, 2021. NASA Johnson/Flickr, CC BY-NC Wendy Whitman Cobb, US Air Force School of Advanced Air and Space […]

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What’s a suborbital flight?

What’s a suborbital flight? An aerospace engineer explains Virgin Galactic’s Unity VSS spacecraft went on a suborbital test flight in May 2021.VIrgin Galactic, CC BY John M. Horack, The Ohio State University What is Suborbital? “Suborbital” is a term you’ll be hearing a lot as Sir Richard Branson flies aboard Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity winged spaceship […]

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Scientists think there are 300 million habitable planets in the Milky Way and some may be home to intelligent life.

Space Blocs: The future of international cooperation in space is splitting along lines of power on Earth

Space missions to watch in the coming months

The most powerful space telescope ever built will look back in time to the Dark Ages of the universe

SpaceX Inspiration4 mission sent 4 people with minimal training into orbit – and brought space tourism closer to reality

What’s a suborbital flight?