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SpaceX scrubbed the planned 10th test flight of its Starship megarocket today (Aug. 24), citing a problem with ground systems at its Starbase site in South Texas.
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The company did not immediately announce a new target launch date.
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A SpaceX cargo ship is scheduled to arrive at the International Space Station on Monday morning (Aug. 25), and you can watch the rendezvous live.
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The CRS-33 resupply mission is expected to dock with the station around 7:30 a.m. ET on Monday (Aug. 25).
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From the semi-annoying antics of 'ALF' to 'Knight Rider's' awesome autonomous auto, the 1980s were a transitional time for stimulating small-screen science fiction!
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From the semi-annoying antics of 'ALF' to 'Knight Rider's' awesome autonomous auto, the 1980s were a transitional time for stimulating small-screen science fiction!
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If black holes are actually droplets of dark energy that convert stellar matter into this mysterious and dominant force, many "cosmic hiccups" could soon be cured.
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'This is so cool!'
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NASA will announce its new astronaut class in September, as well as details about the Artemis 2 crewed mission around the moon.
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The agency also plans to preview the Artemis 2 astronaut mission around the moon.
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SpaceX will launch its 33rd Dragon cargo mission to the International Space Station early Sunday morning (Aug. 24), and you can watch the action live.
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The CRS-33 resupply flight for NASA lifted off Sunday (Aug. 24) at 2:45 a.m. ET.
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On Episode 174 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and and Tariq Malik are joined by Lynn Harper to discuss some of the amazing research taking place aboard the International Space Station.
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With Lynn Harper
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Rocket Lab will launch five satellites for a confidential customer this evening (Aug. 23), and you can watch the action live.
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"Live, Laugh, Launch" was the 70th mission of Rocket Lab's Electron vehicle to date.
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SpaceX is aiming to launch its Starship Flight 9 test mission no earlier than Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT), but only if conditions allow.
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SpaceX aims to launch its Starship Flight 10 test mission no earlier than Sunday at 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT), if conditions allow.
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The Expanse: Osiris Reborn looks set to be the next big RPG, and a major breakout moment for developer Owlcat Games.
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The Expanse: Osiris Reborn looks set to be the next big RPG, and a major breakout moment for developer Owlcat Games.
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Blue Origin is flying more than 40 science payloads on board its 35th New Shepard suborbital spaceflight, scheduled to launch on Saturday (Aug. 23) from West Texas.
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Liftoff of the uncrewed NS-35 mission is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. EDT on Saturday (Aug. 23) from West Texas.
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Satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration watched Hurricane Erin as it swirled off of the U.S. coast on Aug. 11, 2025.
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Hurricane Erin will go down in the books as the first major hurricane of the year.
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A galaxy in the early universe was rich with oxygen, astronomers have found. The discovery raises questions about how early life could have first appeared in the universe.
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This early galaxy hosts as much as 30% of the oxygen of a fully developed, modern-day one.
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A rare quadruple star system with two brown dwarfs orbiting two red dwarf stars could help shed light on how these "failed stars" change with age.
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"The discovery provides a unique cosmic laboratory for studying these mysterious objects."
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In Star Trek's modern era, Starfleet and the Federation aren't the unquestioned forces for good they once were, but Strange New Worlds' latest episode aims to restore the faith.
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In Star Trek's modern era, Starfleet and the Federation aren't the unquestioned forces for good they once were, but Strange New Worlds' latest episode aims to restore the faith.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Friday (Aug. 22), sending 24 of the company's Starlink broadband satellites to orbit.
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It was SpaceX's 102nd Falcon 9 launch of 2025 already.
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We didn't know we needed a new 'Star Trek: Voyager' game announcement in 2025, but 'Across The Unknown' looks like a dream 'Trek' game.
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We didn't know we needed a new 'Star Trek: Voyager' game announcement in 2025, but 'Across The Unknown' looks like a dream 'Trek' game.
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A mysterious lunar landslide might have been caused by debris from a faraway crater-forming impact, new analyses of Apollo 17 moon samples suggest.
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Analysis of previously untouched preserved core samples from the mysterious 'Light Mantle' landslide shed light on what caused this huge tumbling of rocks.
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A rare black moon darkens the sky on Aug. 23, 2025, followed by a close encounter between the young crescent and Mars just days later.
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A rare black moon darkens the sky on Aug. 23, 2025, followed by a close encounter between the young crescent and Mars just days later.
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'I went to the folks at Apple and told them I had this idea for a show and it's 'War of the Worlds' meets 'Babel.'
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'I went to the folks at Apple and told them I had this idea for a show and it's 'War of the Worlds' meets 'Babel.'
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