Carina Nebula — star formation region photographed by JWST

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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter captured in its historic first flight above the Martian surface

analysisNovember 19, 2025

Ingenuity: The Little Helicopter That Conquered Mars

On April 19, 2021, a four-pound helicopter lifted off from the dusty surface of Mars, hovered at three meters for about 30 seconds, and gently set itself back down. It was the first powered, controlle…

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The OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule opened to reveal dark material from asteroid Bennu

analysisNovember 17, 2025

OSIRIS-REx: What We Found in the Asteroid Bennu Samples

On September 24, 2023, a capsule the size of a car tire blazed through Earth's atmosphere at nearly 28,000 miles per hour, slammed into the Utah desert, and delivered the most precious cargo in the hi…

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newsNovember 17, 2025

Dream Chaser: Sierra Space's Space Plane Is Finally Ready to Fly

Some spacecraft are born fast. Others take the scenic route. Dream Chaser, Sierra Space's winged space plane, has been in development in one form or another for over three decades, tracing its lineage…

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analysisNovember 17, 2025

The Middle East in Space: How the UAE and Saudi Arabia Are Building Space Programs from Scratch

In the first week of February 2021, three spacecraft arrived at Mars within days of each other. One was NASA's Perseverance rover. Another was China's Tianwen-1. The third was Al Amal -- "Hope" -- the…

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SpaceX Starship lifting off from the launch pad at Boca Chica, Texas

analysisNovember 13, 2025

SpaceX Starship: The Vehicle Designed to Take Humans to Mars

Every serious plan to send humans to Mars eventually confronts the same brutal math: you need to move an enormous amount of mass across interplanetary space, land it safely on a planet with a thin atm…

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The fully assembled International Space Station photographed from a departing spacecraft

analysisNovember 11, 2025

The International Space Station: 25 Years of Living in Space

There is a structure orbiting 250 miles above your head right now, hurtling through space at 17,500 miles per hour, and people are living inside it. They have been living there, continuously, since No…

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newsNovember 11, 2025

The Global Space Map: Space Companies and Agencies by Country

The space industry is no longer an American-Soviet duopoly. In 2025, more than 80 countries operate satellites, over 40 have established national space agencies, and the global space economy exceeds $…

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The International Space Station in orbit with a vivid aurora glowing beneath it

analysisNovember 11, 2025

International Space Station: अंतरिक्ष में जीवन के 25 वर्ष

इस समय आपके सिर से 250 मील ऊपर एक संरचना पृथ्वी की कक्षा में चक्कर लगा रही है, 17,500 मील प्रति घंटे की गति से अंतरिक्ष में दौड़ रही है, और लोग उसके अंदर रह रहे हैं। वे 2 नवंबर, 2000 से लगातार वहाँ रह…

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Astronauts performing repairs on the Hubble Space Telescope during a servicing mission

analysisNovember 10, 2025

Saving Hubble: The Spacewalk Missions That Fixed a Flawed Telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope is arguably the most important scientific instrument ever built. It has peered 13.4 billion years into the past, discovered that the expansion of the universe is acceleratin…

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analysisNovember 7, 2025

ESA: Pioneering Space Exploration and Elevating Humanity's Journey to the Cosmos

Europe's space agency has been quietly -- and sometimes not so quietly -- having one of the most productive periods in its history. From launching a brand-new rocket to dispatching missions toward Jup…

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newsNovember 6, 2025

10 Space Startups to Watch in 2025

The space industry in 2025 is not just about SpaceX and Blue Origin. Beneath the headlines dominated by the industry giants, a generation of startups is building the infrastructure, services, and tech…

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifting off from Kennedy Space Center with all 27 engines firing

analysisNovember 5, 2025

SpaceX: Revolutionizing Space Exploration and Propelling Humanity Forward

There is no way to overstate it: SpaceX has fundamentally changed what we thought was possible in spaceflight. What started in 2002 as Elon Musk's audacious bet on reusable rockets has grown into the…

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