spacestation
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Space Startup Wants to Build a Manufacturing Platform in Low Earth Orbit
ThinkOrbit’s ambitious project could be used to manufacture computer chips and other products in space.
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NASA Lacks Plan for Ditching Space Station in an Emergency
ISS partners have a plan in place to deorbit the space station in nine years. A safety panel says this plan is now incomplete and potentially deficient as a result of the increasing density of low Earth orbit and as relations on the ground continue to deteriorate.
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NASA Selects Axiom Space to Build the First Moonwalking Spacesuits Since Apollo
NASA hopes to land a man and a woman on the lunar surface in late 2025, but the space agency currently lacks a functional moonwalking spacesuit. Houston-based Axiom Space has now been brought in to fill this glaring gap.
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Russia Now Wants to Build Its Own Space Station Before Leaving the ISS
Roscosmos just revealed a model of its own space station to rival the International Space Station (ISS) in a move that outlines the Russian space agency’s plans following its debated departure from the orbiting station.