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NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft atop a mobile launcher is seen at Launch Complex 39B, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA/Jim Ross NASA teams have transitioned to fast fill of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket’s coreContinue Reading

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NASA’s crawler-transporter 2 carrying the agency’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft, secured to the mobile launcher, begins the 4.2-mile journey toward Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. NASA/Ben Smegelsky Following successful chilldown of the liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen lines,Continue Reading

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NASA/Brandon Hancock NASA’s Orion spacecraft, which will carry the Artemis II crew around the Moon, sits at the launch pad on Jan. 17, 2026, after rollout. It rests atop the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. Orion can provide living space on missions for four astronauts for up to 21 daysContinue Reading

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The spring home selling season is about to open, bringing with it a steeplechase of complications for buyers. But it also brings a massive power shift. “I don’t know how much buyers are aware of the new power they hold,” Summer Goralik, an independent consultant to the industry on topicsContinue Reading

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EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — The “quickest way for Russia to penetrate our naval defenses is steaming from the Arctic to the North Atlantic.” The Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom (GIUK) Gap is the last place allied forces “have any hope of detecting a Russian sub before it’s in the vast Atlantic barreling toward NewContinue Reading

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Export Controls Backfire: The China Innovation Paradox DEEP DIVE — When the Biden administration rolled out its semiconductor export restrictions in October 2022, the logic seemed airtight: cut off Beijing’s access to advanced AI chips, and you’d put the brakes on China’s tech ambitions. Three years on, that bet looksContinue Reading