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SpaceX to sue US air force for rocket rights

The firm wants the right to compete for US military contracts, saying it could do the job cheaply and more reliably than the current contract holder

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The LADEE killers: NASA has crashed probe into moon

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The LADEE killers: NASA has crashed probe into moon

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Space shuttle carrier plane heads out on Texas convoy

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Space shuttle carrier plane heads out on Texas convoy

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Cold war in space? What NASA's Russia boycott means

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Cold war in space? What NASA's Russia boycott means

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Volcanic blasts hint that Mercury is a migrant planet

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Volcanic blasts hint that Mercury is a migrant planet

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The LADEE killers: NASA ready to crash probe into moon

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The LADEE killers: NASA ready to crash probe into moon

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Where am I? Voyager on the solar system's frontier

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Where am I? Voyager on the solar system's frontier

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Rare exoplanet alignment set for April Fool's Day 2026

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Rare exoplanet alignment set for April Fool's Day 2026

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Space diaries reveal 6 things on an astronaut's mind

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Space diaries reveal 6 things on an astronaut's mind

Little-seen diaries by NASA astronauts are telling glimpses of life in space, from the ridiculousness of urination to the sublime sense of solitude

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Earth

Space images reveal California's vanished snowpack

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First commercial moon delivery could be sports drink

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Ill-fated Jade Rabbit was still a big hop for China

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Orion's life-support module prepares for launch

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