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IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 SpaceX introduces a new propulsion system to help maintain the International Space Station’s orbit. 🔧 The Dragon spacecraft’s trunk now features additional Draco thrusters for efficient reboost operations. 🌐 This mission marks a collaborative effort between NASA and commercial partners like SpaceX and Northrop Grumman. 📈 Future Dragon missions will further enhance the flexibility and capabilities …

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The burgeoning space industry and the technologies society increasingly relies on – electric grids, aviation and telecommunications – are all vulnerable to the same threat: space weather. Space weather encompasses any variations in the space environment between the Sun and …