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As the ISS ages and is eventually decommissioned, private companies may operate the orbital platforms of the future.

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NASA has identified nine locations near the Moon’s south pole for the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17.

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When the historic observatory was shuttered by the University of Chicago, a community organization helped to revitalize it.