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SpaceX's next Starship breathes fire for 1st time in prelaunch test (video)

About a month has passed since the first launch of SpaceX's "Version 3" Starship rocket, and the spaceflight company has already begun testing on its next such vehicle.

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NASA Tests New Refuel Device for Future In-Space Refueling Missions

For NASA’s next generation of deep space exploration missions, spacecraft may need to refuel in Earth orbit before pushing farther into the solar system. Similar to how a gas pump needs a nozzle to fit your fuel tank, future spacecraft could require a special device in order to f

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NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Preps for Spacewalk

Flight engineer Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) helps flight engineer Chris Williams of NASA as he tries on his spacesuit on June 23, 2026, testing its comfort and mobility as well as its communications and life support systems inside the International Space Station’

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NASA’s Newest Wind Tunnel Builds on Legacy of Innovation

For more than 100 years, wind tunnels at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, have helped shape the future of flight. Now, two of NASA’s longest-serving facilities — the 12-Foot Low-Speed Tunnel and the 20-Foot Vertical Spin Tunnel — will pass the torch to the Fli

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A Day of Flight Testing at NASA Armstrong

Flight testing is a team sport. For nearly 80 years, teams at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, have used flight testing to push the limits of aerodynamics and advance aviation. Earlier this year, NASA’s Crossflow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow (CAT

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NASA’s TESS Mission Finds Planetary System in New Way

For the first time, NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has identified a planet orbiting a distant star thanks to ripples in space-time. Unlike the star-hugging transiting planets TESS regularly reveals, the newfound world is a super-Jupiter orbiting far f

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‘Just in time for Canada Day’: Spacewalking astronauts repair space station’s huge Canadar

Expedition 74 flight engineers Chris Williams and Jessica Meir conducted a seven-hour spacewalk to replace a wrist joint on the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robot arm on June 30, 2026.

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LINK Spacecraft Set for Mission to Boost NASA’s Swift Observatory

A first-of-its-kind mission to raise the orbit of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is poised for launch no earlier than Thursday, July 2, 5:09 a.m. EDT (9:09 p.m. UTC+12), from Kwajalein Atoll, part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. A roboti

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SpaceX fires up all 6 of Starship's engines ahead of 13th test flight (video)

SpaceX completed a Starship engine test at its Starbase facility recently, igniting all six of the vehicle's engines for a full minute.

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 217 — America in Space

On Episode 217 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss the progression of American space efforts. O recorte ajuda a contextualizar a pauta dentro de Lifestyle.

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Human flight was still 7 years away in 1776. Now, we're headed back to the moon

Humanity made some halting steps toward flight over the centuries, but our species was still firmly rooted on the ground when the United States of America was born on July 4, 1776.

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Could humans someday explore Saturn's moon Titan, or will humanoid robots do it for us?

Could humans ever set foot on Titan, or will AI-powered humanoid robots make the voyage instead? O recorte ajuda a contextualizar a pauta dentro de Lifestyle.

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