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From Cape Canaveral’s packed beaches to virtual watch parties across the globe, humanity’s fascination with space has never been stronger. Yet for most around the world, space remains a dream — a ...

There was no mistaking the feat of engineering. The bottom half of the biggest object ever flown—by itself as tall as a 747 is long—came hurtling out of the sky so fast that it glowed from the ...

Sometime in the 2040s, humans may well reach a new frontier—Mars. To get there, we'll need sustainable sources of food, medicines and materials. But science can do both. And space research has a long ...