Varda says it has proven space manufacturing works — now it wants to make it boring

CEO Will Bruey says people often get Varda wrong. The company isn't "in the space industry; we're in-space industry," he said ...
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New OSIRIS APEX imagery shows Earth and moon as spacecraft heads toward Apophis

NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft captured Earth and moon images during a gravity-assist flyby, confirming instrument functionality and maintaining course for its 2029 encounter with asteroid Apophis.
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The quiet race to make space solar actually work

Space-based solar power is evolving, with NASA, Star Catcher, and Aetherflux testing new designs for wireless power beaming ...

Scientists found tryptophan, the ‘sleepy’ amino acid, in an asteroid — Here’s what it means

Tryptophan, the essential amino acid behind the Thanksgiving myth that eating turkey can make you sleepy, has been found to ...
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NASA Recruits Mars Perseverance Rover to Monitor Sun’s Activity

NASA has drafted its Mars rover Perseverance to help monitor the sun’s activity. Every day for the next two months, the rover ...
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NASA Teams Weigh Nuclear Response as Asteroid 2024 YR4 Holds 4% Chance of Hitting the Moon

From its first detection using an instrument designed in part by teams based in the Bay, to follow-up orbit analysis ...
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NASA Cuts Boeing Starliner Flights After 2024 Propulsion Failures

Could a single spacecraft’s propulsion system flaws reshape NASA’s crew transport strategy for the rest of the decade? That’s ...

To Escape Extinction, We Need to Achieve Warp Speed. New Scientific Breakthroughs Suggest It’s Possible.

A Star Trek–inspired idea by Miguel Alcubierre kicked off decades of theory and experiments as scientists pursue plausible ...

Boeing's troubled capsule won't carry astronauts on next space station flight

Boeing and NASA have agreed to keep astronauts off the company's next Starliner flight. Monday's announcement comes eight ...

When could Starliner launch again? NASA, Boeing plan 2026 uncrewed mission

Boeing's infamous Starliner could launch again in 2026 on a NASA mission to the International Space Station. But this time, ...

NASA and Boeing cut Starliner missions to 4, delay first post-certification flight to 2026

The adjustment follows extended ground testing following thruster failures and helium leaks during its first crewed test ...
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NASA alters Boeing Starliner spacecraft mission after 2024 ISS astronaut launch troubles

NASA has scaled back Boeing's Starliner spacecraft program, dropping two planned astronaut missions and converting its next ...