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ISRO’s ambitious lineup of missions include Chandrayaan-4, Chandrayaan-5 and Gaganyaan — likely within the end of this decade!
India is launching ambitious space missions. Chandrayaan-4 will collect lunar samples. Chandrayaan-…
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SpaceX launches 4 people, including a billionaire, on the most ambitious private human spaceflight yet
SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission lifted off with plans to attempt the first commercial spacewalk, in a…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Mikhail…
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Human heart ‘aged’ after just one month in space, says study
Space travel is often seen as a frontier of human exploration, but it comes with hidden dangers — e…
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SpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew returns to Earth victorious, making huge gains in Elon Musk's plans to send humans to Mars
The Polaris missions are helping fast-track Elon Musk's Mars city, from testing spacesuits and a sp…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Oreo 'Neptune' balloon to take an Indian to ‘edge of space’ before ISRO's Gaganyaan Human Spaceflight; Here’s how to sign up
In true ‘Charlie and Chocolate Factory’ fashion, Oreo has offered one lucky individual the chance t…
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Why yesterday's SpaceX launch was such a huge deal for space travel
Elon Musk's Starship rocket achieved a world first on Sunday after its Super Heavy booster was caug…
Ellie Zolfagharifard,Morgan M…
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NASA is investing in a rocket that could get humans to Mars and back in 2 months — and travel at 100,000 mph
The Pulsed Plasma Rocket could significantly shorten a round-trip to Mars, reduce risks to astronau…
Ellyn Lapointe
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Elon Musk calls out Boeing's historic first crewed spaceflight, saying SpaceX beat them to the punch years ago
SpaceX flew its first NASA astronauts to the space station four years sooner and $1.6 billion cheap…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Bezos resuming Blue Origin spaceflights with the man selected to be the nation's first Black astronaut — in 1961
Ed Dwight became the first Black astronaut candidate in 1961, but was never picked up by NASA's pro…
Lloyd Lee
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SpaceX launches half-empty spaceship so it can bring Boeing's astronaut crew home next year
It's SpaceX to the rescue after NASA officials made a tough safety call to send Boeing's Starliner …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Lauren …
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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams to address Earth from orbiting international Space Station
Meanwhile, crew of the Polaris Dawn the Elon Musk-led private charted spaceflight created history w…
ANI
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Polaris Dawn spacewalk: Watch live as SpaceX's commercial astronauts attempt mission's historic EVA
The Polaris Dawn mission attempts a historic spacewalk today. Watch live as SpaceX's commercial ast…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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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Polaris Dawn's spacewalk will be historic — and risky. Here's everything to know.
The Polaris Dawn mission's historic EVA will be the astronauts' first, the first commercial spacewa…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA says Elon Musk's SpaceX will bring home the Boeing astronauts stuck in space — but not until next year
Two astronauts have been stuck at the International Space Station for almost three months after Boe…
Lauren Edmonds,Morgan McFall-…
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ISRO successfully conducts propulsion system tests for its first human spaceflight mission
ISRO has successfully carried out two more tests as part of plans to further validate and refine th…
PTI
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Human activities are changing Earth's spin so much that it might affect how we keep time
Human-driven climate change is causing Earth's poles to lose so much ice it's changing the planet's…
Ellyn Lapointe,Morgan McFall-…
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Boeing's long-delayed Starliner finally takes off with astronauts on board
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft finally took off on its crewed mission on Wednesday after being plagu…
Jessica Orwig,Paul Squire
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Humans have launched so much to space that it's actually polluting Earth's atmosphere, a new study found
Researchers traced the metals back to rockets and satellites, and believe the objects could be chan…
Sonam Sheth,Jessica Orwig
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While Boeing's passenger planes glitch, NASA is entrusting the company's spaceship with 2 astronauts' lives
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft isn't totally safe from the cost-cutting, KPI-focused company culture…