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SpaceX launches 1st Starlink satellites of 2025 (photos) | Space

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China plans half-mile-long solar power station for unlimited power

Dutch military signs satellite intelligence deal with Maxar  - SpaceNews

Pictures from space show scale of devastating California wildfires

Pictures capture icy craters and sunlit plains of solar system's smallest planet

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Springtime on Mars brings frost avalanches, gas geysers and explosions (photos) | Space

Pale Blue to flight test water thruster with D-Orbit - SpaceNews

Rocket Lab asks NASA to open up MSR to commercial competition - SpaceNews

NASA Lays Out Two New Options for Mars Sample Return - Universe Today

U.S. military satellites achieve first cross-vendor laser communications link - SpaceNews

NASA emphasizes role of the moon as testbed for future human Mars missions - SpaceNews