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'NASA at a crossroads:' Budget woes, aging infrastructure and hard choices ahead

The next few years are likely to be pivotal ones for NASA, according to a hard-hitting report by the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

Space

What were the first animals to have sex?

Animals have been reproducing sexually for hundreds of millions of years, but not always like we do it.

LiveScience

Going to space? Fly at your own risk

For now, going to space is largely “fly at your own risk”

Salon

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White House confirms monitoring of ‘troubling’ Russian anti-satellite weapon

Officials say ‘space-based’ weapon under development but not yet deployed is not immediate threat to anyone’s safety

The Guardian - US

50 years ago, NASA’s final Apollo mission left the Moon — are we ready to return?

Politics brought the lunar program to an end. Can the Artemis mission pick up where Apollo 17 left off?

Inverse

50 years ago, one space mission crushed hopes for life around Earth's twin planet

The Mariner 2 mission proved Venus was too hot to have present-day life.

Inverse

65 years ago, “simple satellite” Sputnik redefined space science — and sent a sinister message

Earth’s first-ever artificial satellite Sputnik launched on October 4, 1957. In that moment, the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union transformed into a race to dominate not only Earth but also space.

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Artemis 1: crowds flock to watch Nasa’s most powerful rocket blast off to the moon

Megarocket to lift off from Florida on Monday morning, one of final crucial test steps before astronauts’ return to the moon

The Guardian - US

Is Russia killing off the International Space Station?

Analysis: Fractures in the partnership have appeared before, but if Moscow exits, keeping the station in orbit would not be easy

The Guardian - UK

50 years ago, a powerful satellite overcame opposition and changed how we understand Earth forever

Landsat-1 gave us images of Earth like never before.

Inverse

Behold! A “cosmic cataclysm” reveals a strange sight in the Milky Way’s satellite galaxy

In this edition of Inverse Daily, read about a cosmic cataclysm, an anniversary for the U.S. and U.S.S.R. in space, and why we're all so obsessed with UFOs.

Inverse

50 years ago, the U.S. and U.S.S.R. joined forces to ensure astronauts could survive in space

In 1972, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. signed a landmark agreement that led to the first international space mission — a test to ensure one superpower could help the other's astronauts out in space.

Inverse

China and Russia are on track to set up a Moon base by 2036 — here’s the plan

China and Russia's space agencies are planning a rival to NASA's Lunar Gateway. Here's what you need to know about their ambitions and timeline.

Inverse

60 years ago, a forgotten NASA balloon in space changed how we watch TV forever

Echo 1 launched to space in the 1960s — on April 24, 1962, it made history by transmitting the first television broadcast via satellite, transforming global communications in the process.

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