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Space threats, NORAD upgrade may spur new private defense spending in Canada
By Elizabeth Howell published
The United States and Canada aim to upgrade NORAD to deal with emergent space threats from nations like China or Russia. Canada will hold an industry day May 1 to gather more ideas.
SpaceX's 30th Dragon cargo mission departs the ISS, splashes down on Earth
By Mike Wall last updated
SpaceX's 30th robotic Dragon cargo ship returned home to Earth with a splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean around 2:30 a.m. ET (0630 GMT) on April 30.
SpaceX vet's startup Portal Space Systems comes out of stealth mode
By Mike Wall published
Portal has developed a new satellite bus called Supernova that the company says will allow unprecedented mobility in Earth orbit and beyond.
On This Day in Space: April 30, 2015: MESSENGER spacecraft crashes into Mercury
By Hanneke Weitering last updated
On April 30, 2015, NASA's MESSENGER Mercury mission came to an end when the spacecraft intentionally crashed into the surface of the small, rocky planet.
SpaceX's Starship could help this start-up beam clean energy from space. Here's how (video)
By Tereza Pultarova published
SpaceX's Starship will make space-based solar power cheaper than nuclear, gas and coal-based electricity generation, start-up Virtus Solis believes.
China releases world's most detailed moon atlas (video)
By Andrew Jones published
The atlas, which is available in Chinese and English, depicts the surface of the moon with a scale of 1:2.5 million. It highlights many intriguing geological features, such as impact craters.
Boeing Starliner 1st astronaut flight: Live updates
By Elizabeth Howell, Tariq Malik published
Boeing will launch its first-ever Starliner astronaut mission for NASA as early as May 6, 2024
Horsehead Nebula rears its head in gorgeous new James Webb Space Telescope images (video)
By Robert Lea published
The James Webb Telescope has zoomed in on the Horsehead Nebula, capturing slices of this stunning star-forming region close to Earth in an entirely new light.
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