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China Proposes Mach-26 Kinetic Strike on Small Near-Earth Asteroid

Researchers say the concept would test a more realistic planetary defense through a dual‑spacecraft design to alter an asteroid's path with an onboard observer recording impact effects.

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ISS Cosmonauts Send Cosmonautics Day Greeting as Russia Concludes First Space Week

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Artemis II Splashes Down Off California, Returning Four Astronauts Safely

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4mo ago

NASA Shifts Artemis to Build a Permanent Moon Base, Puts Gateway on Hold

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5mo ago

NASA Reclassifies Boeing Starliner Crewed Test as Type A Mishap After Independent Probe

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5mo ago

Friendship 7 at 64: John Glenn’s Orbit, Scare and Legacy

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5mo ago

Columbia Remembered 23 Years On as New Documentary Reexamines NASA Failures

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Blue Origin Sets Dec. 18 New Shepard Flight Carrying First Wheelchair User to Edge of Space

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ISS Marks 25 Years of Continuous Crew Presence, Eyes Commercial Future

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NASA Stacks Artemis II for Early February Launch as Agency Delays Artemis III and Reopens Lander Competition

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11mo ago

Arte to Air New Documentary Revisiting Apollo 1 Cabin Fire

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China Conducts First Integrated Landing and Takeoff Test of Crewed Lanyue Lander

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Mission Studies Spotlight Juno Flyby of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Spacecraft Design

China Proposes Mach-26 Kinetic Strike on Small Near-Earth Asteroid

NASA Plans Controlled Fire Experiment on the Moon

Commercial Robot Reaches Orbit to Rescue NASA’s Swift Observatory

NASA Plans Controlled Deorbit of ISS to Remote South Pacific

Psyche Gains 1,000 mph in Mars Flyby and Stays on Course for Metal Asteroid

NASA Ships SLS Core Stage for Artemis III Integration

Artemis II Crew Returns Safely From Lunar Flyby, Setting New Distance Record

NASA Releases New Artemis II Images of the Moon’s Far Side

ISS Cosmonauts Send Cosmonautics Day Greeting as Russia Concludes First Space Week

Artemis II Splashes Down Off California, Returning Four Astronauts Safely

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NASA Shifts Artemis to Build a Permanent Moon Base, Puts Gateway on Hold

NASA Reclassifies Boeing Starliner Crewed Test as Type A Mishap After Independent Probe

Friendship 7 at 64: John Glenn’s Orbit, Scare and Legacy

Columbia Remembered 23 Years On as New Documentary Reexamines NASA Failures

Blue Origin Sets Dec. 18 New Shepard Flight Carrying First Wheelchair User to Edge of Space

ISS Marks 25 Years of Continuous Crew Presence, Eyes Commercial Future

NASA Stacks Artemis II for Early February Launch as Agency Delays Artemis III and Reopens Lander Competition

Arte to Air New Documentary Revisiting Apollo 1 Cabin Fire

China Conducts First Integrated Landing and Takeoff Test of Crewed Lanyue Lander

Mission Studies Spotlight Juno Flyby of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

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