China's Zhurong Mars rover makes surprise discovery | NASA's IBEX spacecraft not responding to commands | FAA seeks to fine SpaceX for August 2022 Starlink launch
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China's Zhurong rover has provided one of the few peeks into what lies below the surface of Mars.
Data returned by Zhurong's ground-penetrating radar instrument reveals evidence of craters buried just under the surface of Mars and other, sloping features with less certain origins, according to a new paper.
NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) experienced a flight computer reset Feb. 18, agency officials said in an update. The spacecraft launched in October 2008 to examine the outer edge of the heliosphere
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced a proposal recently to issue a $175,000 fine against SpaceX for failing to submit a collision-avoidance analysis ahead of an August 2022 launch of 53 of its Starlink internet satellites. Here's why.
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Powerful solar wind is blowing from the sun these days, setting the sky ablaze with auroras as far south as London, and forecasters predict that more such displays are on the way.
A fleet of SpaceX Starlink internet satellites poised for deployment in orbit (SpaceX)
SpaceX plans to launch another big batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit on Wednesday (March 1) after a delay due to weather in California. Liftoff is set for 2:06 p.m. EST (1906 GMT).
Twenty-one of SpaceX's new Starlink "V2 mini" satellites lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket at 6:13 p.m. EST (2313 GMT) Monday from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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