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Perseverance rover data reveals diverse organic molecules on Mars, but researchers caution that geological processes likely produced them rather than ancient life.

Blue Origin is opting to bypass repairs on its damaged Florida launch pad, instead deploying a new hybrid processing system to support two sites as it chases a 2024 return to flight.

Rocket Lab is acquiring satellite operator Iridium for $8 billion in stock, aiming to compete with major space firms by controlling both launch services and a massive orbital constellation.

NASA is engineering a robotic rescue mission to re-boost the aging Swift Observatory, a project that highlights the growing technical challenges of servicing satellites not designed for repair.

Without air to provide lift or drag, a paper airplane in space follows a straight line indefinitely. It’s a basic physics lesson on why aerodynamic design is useless in a vacuum.

NASA is working with Katalyst Space Technologies to rescue the aging Swift Observatory as solar storms push the satellite toward an early atmospheric demise.