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Google's proposed data center in orbit will face issues with space debris in an already crowded orbit

Space debris – the collection of defunct human-made objects in Earth's orbit – is already affecting space agencies, companies ...
Digital Trends

SpaceX is about to launch 4 humans to orbit. Here’s how to watch

The Texas-based astronaut mission company Axiom Space is again partnering with SpaceX to launch four astronauts from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff of the Ax-4 mission is targeted for ...
Ars Technica

SpaceX roars back to orbit barely two weeks after in-flight anomaly

Early on Saturday morning, at 1:45 am local time, a Falcon 9 rocket soared into orbit from its launch site at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. By some measures this was an extremely routine mission—it ...

The next frontier in space is closer than you think – welcome to the world of very low Earth orbit satellites

The closer to Earth a satellite flies, the clearer a picture it can take of the surface. But low-flying satellites also have ...
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From earth to orbit: How Axiom-4 will reach the space station

CAPE CANAVERAL (FLORIDA): When India’s Shubhanshu Shukla and his three crewmates lift off aboard the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission on June 10, they’ll travel in a previously used SpaceX’s Falcon-9 rocket and ...
Live Science

Space Force's mysterious X-37B begins 'aerobraking' to lower orbit. Here's how it works.

In a rare show of openness about the X-37B, Boeing Space released a video detailing how the space plane's aerobraking maneuvers help change its orbit. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...