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Water recycling is paramount for space stations and long-duration missions − an environmental engineer explains how the ISS does it
By Berrin Tansel published
Today, NASA recovers over 90% of the water used in space.

33 hungry SpaceX Raptors from below | Space photo of the day for Sept. 1, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
The view underneath SpaceX's Starship spacecraft shows the Super Heavy booster's complex array of 33 Raptor engines.

How military helicopters in Colorado will help land NASA's Artemis astronauts on the moon
By Samantha Mathewson published
NASA is using Colorado's rugged peaks to rehearse the risky final moments of future Artemis lunar landings.

'We've known it's been coming for a while': Inside the decision to eliminate the UK Space Agency
By Tereza Pultarova published
The writing has been on the wall for years that the UK Space Agency would be scrapped, but will its end after a mere 15 years in existence undermine Britain's space ambitions?

SpaceX deploys 28 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit after launch from Florida (video)
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 Starlink broadband internet satellites was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025.

ESA's JUICE spacecraft flies by Venus on its way to Jupiter's icy moons
By Monisha Ravisetti published
Europe's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer probe completed its Venus flyby on Aug. 31, keeping it on track to reach the Jovian system in July 2031.

NASA employees fear worsening conditions as new Trump executive order eliminates their right to unionize
By Josh Dinner published
A new executive order signed by President Donald Trump removes NASA employees from federal labor-management protections, under the justification of national security.

SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites to orbit from California (video)
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites today (Aug. 30), sending 24 of them up from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base.
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