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Blue Origin launches NASA Mars mission and nails booster landing
Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn rocket on Thursday with NASA twin spacecraft destined for Mars aboard, and in a breakthrough nailed the landing of its booster.
The launch was stalled for days over weather both on Earth and in space, but it was worth the wait: in the rocket's second-ever flight, Blue Origin managed to recover the booster for reuse.
Ecstatic ch China's Shenzhou-20 astronauts return to Earth after delay
Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Friday, state TV footage showed, after a delay caused by their spacecraft being struck by debris in orbit.
The Tiangong space station, the crown jewel of China's space programme, is crewed by teams of three astronauts who are exchanged every six months.
The return of the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft and crew were planned for November 5, after the S Earth from Space: Prague
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This very high-resolution image captures the beautiful medieval core of the Czech capital, Prague. ESA pinpoints 3I/ATLAS’s path with data from Mars
Since comet 3I/ATLAS, the third known interstellar object, was discovered on 1 July 2025, astronomers worldwide have worked to predict its trajectory. ESA has now improved the comet’s predicted location by a factor of 10, thanks to the innovative use of observation data from our ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) spacecraft orbiting Mars.
When space junk comes home
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It's time to give the moon its own time
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Space debris struck a Chinese spacecraft. How the incident could be a wake-up call for international collaboration
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Let's go on an ESCAPADE: NASA's small, low-cost orbiters will examine Mars' atmosphere
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Race for first private space station heats up as NASA set to retire ISS
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Blue Origin set for space launch after repeated delays
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