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Verge Science is here to bring you the most up-to-date space news and analysis, whether it’s about the latest findings from NASA or comprehensive coverage of the next SpaceX rocket launch to the International Space Station. We’ll take you inside the discoveries of new exoplanets, space weather, space policy, and the booming commercial space industry.

Why stowaway creatures on the Moon confound international space law

Sierra Nevada picks the future Vulcan rocket to fly its mini-spaceplane to orbit

How Blue Origin is trying to rework the rules of the Air Force’s coveted rocket competition

The Perseid meteor shower peaks tonight, but the Moon is going to spoil the fun

Europe and Russia’s mission to Mars runs into a speed bump after two failed parachute tests

Small satellite launcher Vector pauses operations after ousting CEO

More than 50 pieces of debris remain in space after India destroyed its own satellite in March

Watch SpaceX’s net-wielding boat slowly catch a rocket nose cone falling from the sky

Small satellite launcher Rocket Lab unveils plans to recover its rockets midair with helicopters

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How we proved this tiny rock came from space

SpaceX and Arianespace launched rockets from North and South America within hours of each other

SpaceX will now offer rocket ride-shares tailored solely to small satellites

Space startup aims to launch thousands of satellite ‘cell towers’ that connect to the average phone

Solar-sailing satellite proves it can use light to propel through space

Meet the US’s spy system of the future — it’s Sentient

The classified artificial brain being developed by US intelligence programs

NASA to help SpaceX, Blue Origin, and more develop technologies for Moon and Mars travel

This company says it has a lunar space suit that will be ready for NASA’s 2024 Moon mission

France wants to arm satellites with guns and lasers by 2030

Epix is developing a TV show about the Apollo 8 mission

Watch a Japanese spacecraft grab another sample from an asteroid

SpaceX’s new test rocket briefly hovers during first free flight

SpaceX just launched a new docking port to the International Space Station

Spacecraft designed to ride on sunlight deploys its reflective solar sail

India successfully launches its first lunar lander bound for the Moon

A Lego designer talks about designing spaceships and collaborating with NASA

Moonrise looks to the space race to find out what we can learn about returning to the Moon

China has deorbited its experimental space station

7 books to pick up to catch up on the story of Apollo 11

Watch three astronauts launch to space on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing

Trump repeatedly asks NASA administrator why we can’t go straight to Mars

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins narrates an adorable Google Doodle

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All the news of NASA’s Artemis program, the agency’s attempt to returns humans to the Moon