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The US didn't send the first Black person into space — the Soviet Union did with the launch of Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, an Afro-Cuban man who cleared the way for others to follow
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez launched into orbit on September 18, 1980, and became an official hero to Cub…
Dave Mosher
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SpaceX could make space travel history in December
"If one can figure out how to effectively reuse rockets just like airplanes, the cost of access to …
Kelly Dickerson
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SpaceX makes history with the first orbital rocket landing in history
Orbital rockets are the most powerful types of rockets because they can generate enough speed and p…
Jessica Orwig
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86 HOURS OF TERROR: The Greatest Space Rescue In History
Apollo 13, which blasted into space on April 11, 1970, was supposed to land on the moon. But an exp…
Dina Spector
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SpaceX Crew Dragon creates history, docks with space station
Washington, May 31 (IANS) The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken…
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The Transcript From The Apollo 13 Disaster Will Give You Chills
55:55:20 — Swigert: "Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here." 55:55:28 — Lousma: "This is Hous…
Dina Spector
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The most difficult space mission in history is coming
Landing humans on the surface of Mars will take technology that hasn't even been developed, yet. It…
Jessica Orwig
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SpaceX is about to try something 'potentially revolutionary' in the history of space travel
However, SES - a Luxembourg-based telecommunications company and longtime customer of SpaceX - acti…
Dave Mosher
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Space Force is sending one of its 'Guardians' into space for the first time in its history
The US Space Force is sending its first Guardian to space. It will be the third launch for Col. Nic…
Katie Balevic
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Meet SpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew: The daring 4 who are in space on the most ambitious private space mission in history
The Polaris Dawn crew — Jared Isaacman, Scott Poteet, Sarah Gillis, and Anna Menon — is traveling d…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Jenny M…
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SpaceX could make history tonight - here's how to watch
Previously, SpaceX has tried to land its rocket on a robotic ship out at sea. Earlier attempts came…
Kelly Dickerson
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A female astronaut made history this weekend when she became the first Chinese woman to ever complete a spacewalk
Wang ventured outside China's Tiangong space station for six hours on November 8 on a spacewalk wit…
Cheryl Teh
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27 epic images show how SpaceX made history by flying NASA astronauts to and from the space station
The Crew Dragon capsule — designed by SpaceX with funding from NASA — was returning astronauts Bob …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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One of the most threatening storms in Florida's history looks ominous from space
The above image is a composite of several images taken by EUMETSAT weather satellites around 2 a.m.…
Dave Mosher
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SpaceX just made history and landed a rocket on a ship
Most rockets cost tens or hundreds of millions of dollars, yet are rendered as junk the moment they…
Dave Mosher
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SpaceX's new 'Endeavour' spaceship just made history by docking to the International Space Station with 2 NASA astronauts inside
NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley can now begin a stay in orbit that could last up to 110…
Dave Mosher
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Watch SpaceX launch Falcon Heavy, the world's most powerful rocket, for $150 million
To compare, Saturn V rocket engines fell and sank to the bottom of the ocean after launch. Not reus…
Alexandra Appolonia,Jessica O…
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See all three of SpaceX's history-making rockets together in one room
The most recently recovered Falcon 9 first stage, which survived an even hotter and faster reentry …
Ali Sundermier
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The date of Jeff Bezos' trip to space isn't a coincidence - it's the anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon
On July 20, Bezos and three other passengers will spend just three minutes at the edge of space abo…