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As the ISS ages and is eventually decommissioned, private companies may operate the orbital platforms of the future.

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Moving across the constellation Ophiuchus in the evening sky, Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS continues to fade as it moves farther away from Earth and the Sun. The comet now glows at 6th ...

The European Space Agency’s Hxera spacecraft launched on October 7, initiating an exciting exploration of an unusual asteroid. The solar system contains many thousands of small asteroid bodies ...

NASA has identified nine locations near the Moon’s south pole for the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17.