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China could gain a monopoly on space stations. Here's what to expect.

After NASA decommissions the ISS, China's Tiangong will probably be the only functioning space station — until NASA launches its Lunar Gateway.

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14 years of solar eclipse chasing (and counting): a team travels the world to study solar wind

The solar system is bathing in a sea of charged particles that emanate from the sun, and one research team spent 14 years chasing solar eclipses to learn more about this stellar spray.

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South African telescope captures stunning image of radio galaxy

A stunning new image from the South African MeerKAT telescope captures powerful radio emissions woven through space.

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Elon Musk unveils SpaceX's newest drone ship for rocket landings at sea

The drone fleet used by SpaceX to catch falling rockets now has a third autonomous ship, whimsically called "A Shortfall of Gravitas."

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With Virgin Galactic's launch of Richard Branson in the books, all eyes are on Blue Origin and Jeff Bezos

Richard Bransons' flight Sunday (July 11) was just the first of two planned billionaire spaceflights this month. Blue Origin boss Jeff Bezos is scheduled to fly on July 20.

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'Welcome to the dawn of a new space age,' Richard Branson says after Virgin Galactic flight

Virgin Galactic's newly minted astronauts are beyond thrilled following their journey to space on the company's first fully crewed spaceflight.

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Virgin Galactic teams with Omaze to raffle off 2 tickets to space to the public

Virgin Galactic will partner with a charity fundraising platform to offer the out-of-this-world opportunity.

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Werner Herzog documentary 'Last Exit: Space' coming to Discovery+ this year

There are more than 100 billion planets in the Milky Way. Could one of them be our new home?

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From iron rain on exoplanets to lightning on Jupiter: four examples of alien weather

The continuing research with exoplanets involves trying to identify their atmospheric composition, specifically to answer the question of whether life could exist there.

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Virgin Galactic launches Richard Branson to space in 1st fully crewed flight of VSS Unity

Early this morning (July 11), billionaire Richard Branson and three other passengers briefly went to space for the first fully crewed spaceflight of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo spaceplane.

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The private Inspiration4 crew launching with SpaceX experience zero gravity for 1st time

Virgin Galactic's billionaire founder Richard Branson decided to bike to the launch pad at Spaceport America ahead of his long-awaited trip to space.

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This NASA-supported plant experiment will launch to space on Virgin Galactic's Unity 22 flight

Three tubes of plants will be among the experiments flying to space on Virgin Galactic's Unity space plane with the company's founder Richard Branson and his crew today (July 11).

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SpaceX's Elon Musk and celebrities cheer on Virgin Galactic's Unity 22 launch (video)

SpaceX's Elon Musk is among the high-profile people celebrating Branson's preparations for space.

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Virgin Galactic slightly delays launch of Richard Branson and crew due to bad weather

Virgin Galactic has slightly delayed the launch of its Unity 22 mission with billionaire founder Richard Branson due to bad weather.

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NASA Will be Testing SLS Over the Weekend

Satellite data finds that June 2021 was the hottest June ever recorded in North America.

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Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity 22 launch with Richard Branson: Here's when to watch and what to know.

Here's everything you need to know about Virgin Galactic's launch of Richard Branson and his crew on SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity Sunday, July 11.

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Hollywood artists offer full-scale replica of Apollo spacecraft controls

As the billionaire space race heats up between Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos, it's easy to get the wrong message.

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Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic crew to sign flight log with special space pens

Virgin Galactic will use Fisher space pens when it launches six astronauts to suborbital space on July 11, 2021.

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Meet the crew launching on Virgin Galactic's 1st fully crewed flight Unity 22

Here's the crew of Virgin Galactic Unity 22 suborbital spaceflight on Sunday (July 11) and what they think about their big launch.

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Stephen Colbert will host Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity launch on Sunday

Richard Branson's spaceflight is shaping up to be quite a star-studded affair.

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It's been a long road to passenger spaceflight for Virgin Galactic and rival Blue Origin

Richard Branson's path to space has been quite a bit longer and more circuitous than he anticipated.

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