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Michael Lopez-Alegria, AXIUM SPACE at the 21st Space Conference in Memory of Ilan Ramon, 2026. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

After the International Space Station: Axiom, Vast and Starlab compete for the commercial space stations of the next decade

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Three leading initiatives presented at the Ilan Ramon International Conference; NASA clarifies that the goal is one or more stations and the purchase of services from one or more companies
A small asteroid almost hit Earth over Antarctica, as it passed within the altitude range of the International Space Station. Illustration: depositphotos.com

So close! A small asteroid passed 428 km above Antarctica

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A space rock 1–3 meters in diameter passed at an altitude similar to the ISS orbit; it was discovered hours after the pass, and observations from the Las Cumbres Observatory allowed for a precise trajectory determination
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Airbus unveiled a concept for a space station with artificial gravity

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Airbus offers a "multi-purpose route module" known as the Airbus LOOP. The station includes three decks - and for the first time in the journeys of the human race outside the atmosphere and gravity of the Earth - also a centrifuge that will create gravity for
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