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SpaceX makes Starlink Roam available throughout the US
By Meredith Garofalo published
Described as "high-speed internet on the go," SpaceX's Starlink Mini is now available from coast to coast, bringing users a world-wide connection from space.
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SpaceX wins $113 million contract to launch advanced NOAA climate satellite
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX has won a $113 million contract to launch NOAA's JPSS-4 climate and weather satellite. Liftoff is targeted for 2027.
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Alien weather report: James Webb Space Telescope detects hot, sandy wind on 2 brown dwarfs
By Keith Cooper published
The JWST's infrared vision has seen deep into the stormy atmosphere of two brown dwarfs that form the third closest system to the sun.
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SpaceX Starlink satellites made 50,000 collision-avoidance maneuvers in the past 6 months. What does that mean for space safety?
By Tereza Pultarova published
Satellites in SpaceX's Starlink megaconstellation made nearly 50,000 collision-avoidance maneuvers in the last six months, about double the number made in the previous half-year.
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ABL Space System's 2nd RS1 rocket destroyed during preflight testing
By Mike Wall published
A fire at the launch pad shortly after an engine test "caused irrecoverable damage" to ABL Space Systems' second RS1 rocket, the company announced on Monday (July 22).
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Russia unveils timeline for building its new space station, starting in 2027
By Jackson Ryan published
Russia has unveiled a comprehensive roadmap for building its newest space station and associated ground infrastructure, with the first modules expected to launch within three years.
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SpaceX has dreamed up a Dragon ship on steroids to drag the ISS out of space
By Elizabeth Howell published
SpaceX's Dragon series now has a new entrant: a larger, tougher variant that will send the ISS to its doom sometime in the 2030s.
![Rocket Row, part of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center's Rocket Park in Huntsville, Alabama is standing again after six years.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DM4TUiWVeUYo9PAtMDduS5-320-80.jpg)
Rocket Row ribbon cutting marks return of Alabama rocket center's 'spaceline'
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Some cities have skylines. Huntsville, Alabama has a "spaceline." Or so it does again with the restoration of "Rocket Row" at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center.
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NASA looking at what artifacts to preserve from space station before 2030 demise
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Two years after stating there were no plans to save artifacts from the end of the International Space Station, NASA is in the early stages of identifying what small parts of the complex to preserve.
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