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The recent surge of COVID-19 infections has impelled Virgin Galactic to reschedule the third crewed test flight of its VSS Unity space plane, which had been targeted for Nov. 19-23.

The CEO of the new space strategy game says international spaceflight missions helped inspire a new game focusing on space agency management.

China conducted its 34th launch of the year on Nov. 12, sending the Tiantong-1 (02) mobile communications satellite into an orbit high above Earth.

No one was expecting the snap on Nov. 6 as engineers at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico weighed their options for dealing with damage to the facility from a cable failure over the summer.

Glover came aboard the International Space Station early Tuesday morning (Nov. 17), becoming the first African American ever to begin a full six-month stint on the orbiting lab.

The future that NASA dared to dream of for a decade has finally become reality.

Among the many payloads that will fly to the moon aboard Astrobotic’s robotic Peregrine lander next year are capsules containing DNA samples and symbolic portions of cremated remains.

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule has successfully delivered a crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station for the first time.