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Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens the future of the International Space Station

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Astronaut Sally Ride on the flight deck of the space shuttle Challenger in 1983. (NASA/Wikicommons)

NASA makes new effort to put women in STEM

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Will China’s moon landing launch a new space race?

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FILE - In this Friday, June 17, 2011 file photo, space shuttle Atlantis is mounted on Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Dormant for nearly six years, Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center should see its first commercial flight on Feb. 18, 2017. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will use the pad to hoist supplies for the International Space Station. (AP Photo/John Raoux) (AP)

Would a Space Force mean the end of NASA?

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