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The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that its Hera spacecraft has successfully executed a critical deep-space maneuver, putting it on a trajectory toward the Didymos binary asteroid system. This
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File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) ahead of the launch of the Starlink 8-11 mission on Sept. 4, 2024. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now
WASHINGTON — Nvidia is pushing its artificial-intelligence hardware beyond Earth, unveiling a computing module designed for space missions and potential orbital data centers. The California-based company said March 16 at
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