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Fungus From NASA Cleanrooms Survives Simulated Trip to Mars, Study Finds

The peer-reviewed tests suggest contamination controls built for bacteria may miss hardy fungal spores.

BAE Systems Introduces Ascent, a Refuelable High-Thrust Spacecraft for Dynamic Operations

Starcloud Raises $170 Million at $1.1 Billion Valuation for Orbital Data Centers

Study Confirms DART Nudged Asteroid Pair’s Solar Orbit, a First for Humanity

NASA Classifies Boeing’s Starliner Crew Test as a Type A Mishap

Two Candidate Sites for Long‑Lost Luna 9 Flagged in LRO Images by AI and Crowdsourced Sleuthing

China Proves Crew Escape, Recovers Long March‑10A Booster in Dual Test for 2030 Moon Plan

China Launches Reusable Spaceplane on Fourth Orbital Test

NASA Puts ‘Athena’ Supercomputer Into Full Service to Power Upcoming Missions

Earthquake Sensors Shown to Track Reentering Space Debris in Near Real Time

Repaired Shenzhou-20 Lands Empty in Inner Mongolia

Portal Space Taps Atomic-6 ‘Space Armor’ for First In-Orbit Test on 2026 Starburst-1

ISRO Confirms DEX Recorded Interplanetary Dust Strikes About Every 1,000 Seconds

NASA and Space Force Put Four DiskSats in Orbit on Rocket Lab Electron

Chandrayaan-3 Data Reveal Energetic, Dense Near-Surface Plasma at the Moon’s South Pole

Blue Origin Names Two Germans to Next New Shepard Crew

China Launches Uncrewed Shenzhou-22 in First Emergency Mission, Docks With Space Station

NASA Cuts Starliner Missions, Sets Uncrewed Test Flight for 2026

NASA Cuts Starliner Missions and Sets Next Flight as Cargo-Only in 2026

Voyager 1 Nears One Light-Day From Earth, With Two-Day Command Cycles Ahead