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China to debut new Long March rockets in 2024

By Andrew Jones published

China will debut several new Long March rockets this year to boost its options for space launches.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 22 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Feb. 29, 2024.

SpaceX launches Leap Day Starlink satellites into orbit, lands rocket at sea (video)

By Tariq Malik last updated

SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites from Florida on Leap Day (Feb. 29) after postponing a Crew-8 astronaut launch for NASA.

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A white and black SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands on its launch pad ahead of launch.

SpaceX delays Crew-8 astronaut launch for NASA to March 2 due to bad weather

By Tariq Malik published

SpaceX's first astronaut launch of 2024 will lift off nearly 48 hours later than planned due to weather concerns, NASA says.

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the top portion of a white rocket is seen lying on structural supports in the black of night. An unseen light source shines down the rocket from the nose. An orange/yellow moon hangs in the sky above.

How to watch SpaceX launch Crew-8 astronauts to the space station on March 3 (free livestream)

By Josh Dinner published

How to watch SpaceX launch four astronauts to the International Space Station on March 3.

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illustration of a spacecraft orbiting earth

Near miss! NASA satellite, dead Russian spacecraft zoom past each other in orbit

By Mike Wall published

NASA's TIMED Earth-observation satellite and a dead Russian spacecraft nearly slammed into one another high above our heads this morning (Feb. 28).

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a white and black spacex rocket ignites its engines on the launch pad at night, without leaving the ground.

SpaceX fires up rocket ahead of March 2 astronaut launch (photos)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX just fired up the Falcon 9 rocket that will launch the Crew-8 astronaut mission for NASA, a liftoff targeted for Saturday (March 2).

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a white rocket with two white side boosters stands on a grey metal platform fixed on a track at the splitting toward two pink decorated hanger buildings

India completes critical test for Gaganyaan flight crewed by humanoid robot later this year

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

Early last week, ISRO successfully completed the final test to qualify its Gaganyaan rocket engine, approving it to be capable of safely ferrying astronauts to space.

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a white rocket and space capsule are transported to the launch pad horizontally at night, with the yellow-orange moon just above them in the dark sky.

SpaceX rolls out rocket, capsule for Crew-8 astronaut launch (photos)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX just rolled out the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule that will launch the Crew-8 astronaut mission to the ISS on Friday (March 1).

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An illustration of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, as it approaches its target moonlet around the asteroid Didymos.

NASA's asteroid-impacting DART mission completely changed the shape of its target

By Robert Lea published

When NASA's asteroid-diverting DART mission slammed into the tiny moonlet Dimorphos, it didn't just shift its orbit — it also almost completely changed its shape, new research suggests.

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an animation of a cube-shaped spacecraft with two rectangular wing-like solar panels passing in front of the sun

NASA's OSIRIS-APEX asteroid probe wakes up after surviving close pass by the sun

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

NASA's OSIRIS-APEX probe is back online after a two-month hiatus to protect itself during a close approach to the sun as it makes its way to potentially dangerous asteroid Apophis.

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