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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin was one of three aeronautics companies chosen to design new “commercial destinations” in space to replace the ISS.

Spatial Reasoning

Keep your friends close...

NASA Paying Blue Origin $130 Million for New Space Station, Even After Its Ugly Lawsuit

Russia might soon press criminal charges against a NASA astronaut for allegedly sabotaging one of their spacecraft in 2018.

Space Sabotage

"These attacks are false and lack any credibility."

Russia Legally Threatens NASA Astronaut for Allegedly Sabotaging Space Station

NASA has announced that the International Space Station (ISS) is still at a heightened risk of colliding with Russian space debris.

Oh Brother!

Here we go again.

Surprise! The ISS Is Still at Risk From Russian Weapon Test

The international space community was in shock when Russia tested an anti-satellite missile. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has yet to issue a statement.

Elon?

Elon Musk is being uncharacteristically quiet about the incident.

Everyone's Condemned Russia Blowing Up a Satellite... Except Elon Musk

A recording of the International Space Station crew scrambling for safety after a Russian anti-satellite missile test has been released.

SatelliteGate Recording

The astronauts were fully prepared to yeet themselves out via escape pod back to Earth.

Hear the Moment ISS Crew Scrambles for Safety from Russian Satellite Debris

Russia's Ministry of Defense is defending its reckless actions after blasting an old satellite into 1,500 trackable pieces of space debris.

Blowing Up Satellites

The "resulting fragments do not pose any threat to space activities."

Russia Says Actually It's Fine That It Blew Up a Satellite, Filled Orbit With Deadly Space Junk

US government agencies are in surprising lockstep as they condemn Russia for unexpectedly exploding one of its own satellites.

An arms race by any other name.

"It is unthinkable..."

US Agencies, Military Rush to Condemn Russia Blowing Up Satellite

The US Space Command announced that Russia was behind the debris field that threatened the ISS after it tested an anti-satellite missile on Monday.

MissileGate

"Their actions are reckless and dangerous."

Russia Blows Up Satellite, Forcing Its Own Cosmonauts to Cower in Fear

For the second time in a week, the International Space Station (ISS) has gotten close enough to an interstellar "debris cloud" to cause the team of astronauts aboard to take refuge in their exit spaceships. 

Space Junk

What's happening to the final frontier? 

ISS Astronauts Shelter in Escape Vehicles as Mysterious Debris Threatens Station

The International Space Station is maneuvering out of the way of space junk, which was created after China destroyed a derelict satellite in 2007.

Woosh

Thanks, China.

ISS Forced to Dodge Debris From Chinese Anti-Satellite Weapon

A NASA astronaut stationed aboard the ISS acknowledged this week that the crew of her SpaceX return journey will need to wear diapers.

To Pee or Not to Pee?

That's one way to put it.

NASA Astronaut: SpaceX Forcing Her to Pee in Diaper Is "Suboptimal"

Astronauts on board the International Space Station were treated to a very special meal: space tacos made with the first peppers ever grown in space.

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