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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.

Water vapor — and maybe even rain — found on distant world twice the size of Earth

By Loren Grush
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India says it has found its Moon lander, but it still cannot communicate with it

By Loren Grush
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India loses communication with lunar lander shortly before scheduled landing on the Moon

By Loren Grush
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Russia’s humanoid robot Skybot is on its way home after a two-week stay in space

By Loren Grush
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Watch India try to land a spacecraft intact on the Moon for the first time

By Loren Grush
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A bug in SpaceX’s communication system kept the company in the dark about potential satellite collision

By Loren Grush
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Internet-from-space provider OneWeb says it will provide coverage to the Arctic by 2020

By Loren Grush
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How NASA’s busiest Florida spaceport is preparing for Hurricane Dorian

By Loren Grush
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The Trump administration stands up US Space Command as fate of Space Force is still undecided

By Loren Grush
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NASA asks students to help name the next Mars rover

By Barbara Krasnoff
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A mandate to fly NASA’s mission to Europa on a delayed rocket could cost an extra $1 billion

By Loren Grush
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SpaceX’s prototype rocket flies to its highest altitude yet during hover test

Starhopper gets some serious air

By Loren Grush
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The first alleged crime committed in space raises questions about jurisdiction in orbit

By Loren Grush
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After a botched docking attempt, Russia delivers a humanoid robot to the space station

By Loren Grush
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These three companies are all aiming to land the first private spacecraft on the Moon in two years

By Loren Grush
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Watch as ULA launches the final flight of its Delta IV Medium rocket

By Loren Grush
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The government’s plan to update rocket launch licensing is pissing off the commercial space industry

By Loren Grush
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India’s lunar mission enters the Moon’s orbit ahead of landing attempt

By Loren Grush
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Moon delivery startup Astrobotic picks future Vulcan rocket to launch first lunar mission

By Loren Grush
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Why stowaway creatures on the Moon confound international space law

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

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

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

By Loren Grush

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

By Loren Grush
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Small satellite launcher Vector pauses operations after ousting CEO

By Loren Grush

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

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

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

By Loren Grush
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How we proved this tiny rock came from space

By Cory Zapatka

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

By Loren Grush

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

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

By Loren Grush
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