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Eric Berger Ars Technica

An International Space Station Leak Is Getting Worse—and Keeping NASA Up at Night

US space officials do not like to talk about the perils of flying astronauts on the aging...

The Polaris Dawn Spaceflight Was More Than Just a Billionaire Joyride

A white spacecraft, lightly toasted like a marshmallow and smelling of singed metal, fell out of the...

Strange Noises Are Coming from Inside Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft

On Saturday NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore noticed some strange noises emanating from a speaker inside the Starliner...

NASA Still Hasn’t Decided How to Get the Boeing Starliner Astronauts Home

During a news conference on Wednesday, NASA officials for the first time publicly discussed divisions within the...

NASA Is ‘Evaluating All Options’ to Get the Boeing Starliner Crew Home

It has now been eight weeks since Boeing's Starliner spacecraft launched into orbit on an Atlas V...

A Chinese Space Startup Launched Its New Rocket by Accident

One of the most promising Chinese space startups, Space Pioneer, experienced a serious anomaly last weekend while...

NASA Desperately Needs New Spacesuits. Private Firms Are Struggling to Make Them

Almost exactly two years ago, as it prepared for the next generation of human spaceflight, NASA chose...

Starliner Faces an Indefinite Wait in Space While NASA Investigates Its Faults

In an update released late Friday evening, NASA said it was “adjusting” the date of the Starliner...