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Developing Taiwan’s own ‘Starlink’ crucial for island-wide emergency, space agency says

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Taiwan’s leaders are working on an ambitious new satellite system to keep the island online in case of disaster, as it deals ...

China to send three astronauts to Tiangong space station, part of its ambitious program

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Dr. Sarah Adams

JIUQUAN SATELLITE LAUNCH CENTER, China (AP) — China’s space agency is making final preparations to send the Shenzhou-18 crew into low-Earth orbit ...

NASA is seeking a faster, cheaper way to bring Mars samples to Earth

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Dr. Sarah Adams

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s plan to bring samples from Mars back to Earth is on hold until there’s a faster, ...

China names ‘Dream Vessel’ spacecraft it hopes will take astronauts to the moon

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Dr. Sarah Adams

China’s space agency has revealed the names of the spacecraft that it hopes will take Chinese astronauts to the moon by the ...

Satellite to crash through Earth’s atmosphere this week

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Dr. Sarah Adams

A satellite will likely make an uncontrolled return through Earth’s atmosphere on Wednesday, according to the latest estimates from the European Space ...

Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ robot explorer resumes operations on lunar surface

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Japan’s “Moon Sniper” robotic explorer is back in action, the country’s space agency said Monday, after a power issue forced the spacecraft ...

SpaceX to launch first Turkish astronaut aboard private European space mission

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Dr. Sarah Adams

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NASA finally unlocks asteroid sample trapped behind stuck fasteners

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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Two stubborn ...

Commercial lander set to take flight on new rocket in first US moon landing mission in decades

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Module that powered historic moon mission has returned to Earth’s orbit

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The propulsion ...