North Korea's twice-failed spy satellite is now up and running, aerospace experts say

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A rocket is seen mid-launch, with flame and a cloud of smoke at its base, and two pylons either side against a dark background.

Space photos from 5 recent moon-landing missions show how tiny engineering errors can cause big problems, like crashing or landing sideways

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gold moon lander upside down on grey lunar surface beside image of a new crater on the moon with white disturbed regolith around it
While Japan's moon-landing error caused its robot to land upside-down (left), Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL's error caused its lander to crash (right).

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This animation shows why leap years are necessary. Without them, December would eventually drift into summer.

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Leap Day is coming up and its purpose is to keep our seasons in check.

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45 years ago, NASA's Voyager spacecraft flew past Jupiter. See how the iconic video compares to photos of the planet today.

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Jupiter as seen by Voyager 1 (left) is far less detailed than this enhanced imaged of Jupiter captured by Juno.

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The first private company just landed on the moon. Here's how they did it.

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A Houston company made history by successfully landing the first commercial US spacecraft on the moon, more than 50 years after the US made its last crewed landing.

12 years after NASA launched its Juno mission to Jupiter, these are its most stunning images of the gas giant

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NASA's Juno spacecraft flying above Jupiter's swirling clouds.
An illustration of NASA's Juno spacecraft flying above the clouds of Jupiter.

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Reports of Russia building nuclear space weapons have alarmed officials, but security experts aren't panicked — yet

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The Mysterians, poster, (aka CHIKYU BOEIGUN), MGM Anglo release poster art, 1957.
CNN reported Russia is attempting to build a nuclear space weapon with the ability to destroy the world's satellites.

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NASA explains how it would alert the public of an apocalyptic asteroid strike

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An artist's impression of what an asteroid impact on Earth would look like.

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Elon Musk's SpaceX was reportedly fined $3,600 following the 'near amputation' of a worker's foot

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SpaceX released a recording of a SpaceX all-hands meeting from 2017.
The incident is part of a larger trend of safety concerns at SpaceX facilities.

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US lawmakers were just briefed on intel that Russia is trying to put a nuclear weapon in space: reports

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This pool photograph distributed by Russian state-owned agency Sputnik shows Russia's President Vladimir Putin talking with young scientists during a visit to the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia in Korolyov, outside Moscow, on October 26, 2023.
This pool photograph distributed by Russian state-owned agency Sputnik shows Russia's President Vladimir Putin talking with young scientists during a visit to the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC)
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