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SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft back to Earth with scientific research samples
SpaceX Dragon cargo resupply spacecraft returned to Earth on Friday with scientific research sample…
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Boeing Starliner with Sunita Williams onboard could wait months in space before return as NASA mulls extending mission duration
Officials have repeatedly hinted that the Starliner, which faced issues with helium leaks and thrus…
ANI
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A secretive, experimental Chinese spacecraft returned to Earth after 8 months. It's still a mystery what it was up to.
China's secret unmanned spacecraft returns to Earth after an eight-month mission, raising questions…
Mikhaila Friel
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China to send three astronauts for a three-month stay in its new space station
The country launched cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-2 on Saturday, carrying supplies, equipment and …
PTI
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Chinese cargo spacecraft docks with orbital station eight hours after blastoff
Tianhe, or Heavenly Harmony, is third and largest orbital station launched by China's increasing…
PTI
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A parachute on a SpaceX Dragon capsule didn't open as fast as expected as the craft descended to Earth
It's the second time a SpaceX Dragon parachute has failed to open as expected. NASA and SpaceX are …
Sam Tabahriti
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Ukraine says it's going to rebuild the world's biggest cargo plane, months after Russia destroyed the original model in Kyiv
The Antonov An-225, also known as "Mriya," was destroyed by Russian forces at an airfield near Kyiv…
Marielle Descalsota
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TOUCHDOWN ON MARS: NASA's Perseverance rover has landed safely after a supersonic plunge
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has landed in Jezero Crater, beginning a new era of exploration on t…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's asteroid-blasting spacecraft has stored over 2 pounds of alien dust and rock to bring back to Earth
Mission scientists raced to stash the asteroid sample because it was leaking into space. Now the pr…
Susie Neilson,Morgan McFall-J…
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World's largest cargo aircraft was destroyed during a Russian attack on an airfield, Ukrainian minister says
Multiple sources claimed that the AN-225 Mriya had been targeted while it was sitting in a hangar a…
Sam Tabahriti
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SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft caused a sonic boom in Florida after splashing down in the Atlantic, residents say
A sonic boom reportedly followed the landing of the Cargo Dragon spacecraft, which marked SpaceX's …
Zahra Tayeb
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Russia plans to launch a nuclear-powered spacecraft that can travel from the moon to Jupiter
Russia is building a nuclear-powered 'space tug' that can transport heavy cargo in deep space. The …
Aria Bendix
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Somewhere on Earth, it could rain rocket parts this weekend as a runaway Chinese spacecraft breaks up in the atmosphere
China's space-station rocket will most likely land in the ocean, but its path around Earth also tak…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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For the first time in history, a spacecraft is being powered purely by sunlight
LightSail 2 is designed to change its orientation based on where the sun is. Rigid booms hold the s…
Aylin Woodward
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The first 'solar sailing' spacecraft is about to unfurl in orbit. It will be powered purely by light.
To harness that power effectively, LightSail 2 is designed to change its orientation based on where…
Aylin Woodward
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China just landed its Chang'e-5 spacecraft on the moon. The mission could bring moon rocks to Earth for the first time in 40-plus years.
The samples will come from a previously unexplored volcanic plain. China aims to send them back to …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Susie N…
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SpaceX's Falcon Heavy is set to launch the first-ever 'solar sailing' spacecraft powered purely by light
First, the Falcon Heavy rocket will launch, and then another spacecraft named Prox-1 will separate …
Aylin Woodward
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About 1 in 40 of SpaceX's Starlink satellites may have failed. That's not too bad, but across a 42,000-spacecraft constellation it could spark a crisis.
At this rate, SpaceX may leave more than 1,000 dead satellites in orbit, where they can crash into …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A spacecraft graveyard exists in the middle of the ocean - here's what's down there
Such satellite collisions are rare but do happen; one occurred in 1996, another in 2009, and two in…