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The experimental spacecraft China launched earlier this week successfully and safely landed Friday, paving the way for crewed space exploration.

China Lands Moon-Bound Spaceship After 3-Day Orbital Joyride

By Dan Robitzski

Northrop Grumman's "Mission Extension Vehicle-1" (MEV-1) docks with a Inteslat 901, a communication satellite that's been in orbit for a lengthy 18 years.

World’s First: Spacecraft Docks to Commercial Satellite In Orbit

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have developed a new model that enables engineers to build a type of rocket engine called a "rotating detonation engine," which uses explosions.

New Rocket Design Is Powered by a Ring of Literal Explosions

By Victor Tangermann

China just revealed the spacecraft it wants to use to ferry astronauts to the Moon. In other words, a new Space Race is heating up.

China Reveals Spacecraft Built to Ferry Astronauts to the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Pengyi Li from China attempted to smuggle sensitive spacecraft and military missile components out of the U.S. according to documents obtained by Quartz.

The U.S. Says China is Stealing Military Spacecraft Technology

By Victor Tangermann

Beneath the Pacific Ocean, at the point farthest from any landmass, lies a mass grave where used spacecraft and decommissioned space stations go to rest.

A Look Inside the Deep-Sea Graveyard for Dead Spacecraft

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers at Caltech have found a way to levitate and propel objects of practically any size or shape by using only light.

Researchers Found a Way to Levitate Objects Using Only Light

By Victor Tangermann

A steam-powered spacecraft prototype funded by NASA has the potential to explore planets, asteroids, and other space objects indefinitely.

See the Steam-Powered Probe That Could Explore Space Forever

By Kristin Houser

NASA Announces The First Commercial Astronauts to Pilot The Next Generation of Spacecraft

NASA Announces The First Commercial Astronauts to Pilot The Next Generation of Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

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Origami-Inspired NASA Spacecraft Will Someday Unfurl In Space

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A Spacecraft Thinner Than Human Hair Wraps Up and Destroys Space Debris

By Claudia Geib

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To Explore Alien Planets, We Need a Better Braking System

We Lost Rosetta This Weekend, But She’s Back

We Lost Rosetta This Weekend, But She’s Back

By Adeel Shaffi

This Satellite Will Soon be “The Brightest Star in the Night Sky”

This Satellite Will Soon be “The Brightest Star in the Night Sky”

By Sarah Marquart