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Cisco Webex wants to help NASA astronauts make video calls from space
By Lewis Maddison published
Webex tested by NASA to bring home comforts to space travel, and it learnt some new tricks in the process.

3D printing with Mars dust? It’s not as silly as it sounds
By Joel Khalili published
New 3D printing materials could save space agencies hundreds of thousands of dollars in weight reductions.

NASA is planning a huge computing upgrade for its next space missions
By Will McCurdy published
NASA partners with Microchip Technology to boost its spaceflight computing capabilities.

Mars probe running Windows 98-era software receives update after two decades
By Will McCurdy last updated
A European Space Agency spacecraft receives a much delayed update to its vintage software.

New Microsoft Azure services will help us learn about the darkest reaches of space
By Anthony Spadafora published
Microsoft’s new partnerships aim to bring development capabilities to on-orbit compute by leveraging Azure.

James Webb Space Telescope's wild first image of a star proves that it's working
By John Loeffler published
Alignment of the primary mirrors on the James Webb Space Telescope is underway, and NASA released its first mosaic image from the $10 billion instrument.

Solar storm wrecks 40 brand new SpaceX Starlink satellites
By John Loeffler published
A recent solar storm managed to knock 40 of SpaceX's new Starlink satellites out of orbit, costing the company $100 million.

Murderous bears and heavy metal exoplanet atmospheres lead the week in science news
By John Loeffler published
Roundup From blazing-hot exoplanet atmospheres rich in iron gas to overly aggressive bears, the week's science news was definitely perilous.
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