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SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission will take off on Friday. Here’s what the crew is going to be wearing
The four-member crew of non-professional astronauts will be wearing newly designed SpaceX extravehi…
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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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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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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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Boeing says its space mission is 'going well' despite its Starliner leaving 2 astronauts stuck on the ISS
Boeing is doing damage control after delaying Starliner's return from the International Space Stati…
Mikhaila Friel
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NASA awarded $750,000 to a business that wants to feed astronauts fresh microgreens and insects
Fresh, nutritious food is hard to come by in space. Interstellar Lab hopes to solve that with its c…
Jessica Orwig
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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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Elon Musk says the FAA should make Boeing pay for putting the Starliner astronauts at risk, not fine SpaceX 'for trivia'
The FAA proposed fines for SpaceX, saying it violated launch licenses, and Elon Musk isn't happy.
Aditi Bharade
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Space startup GalaxEye, started by IIT Madras alumni, eyes private satellite launch in 2025
Pranit Mehta, co-founder of space sector startup GalaxEye, who along with other four of his team me…
ANI
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NASA says it has no plans to use SpaceX to rescue 2 stranded astronauts
Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are stuck in space after Boeing's Starliner spacecraft f…
Tom Carter
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NASA astronauts describe flight aboard Boeing's glitching, leaking Starliner spaceship
Boeing's Starliner got two NASA astronauts to the space station despite failures. Now they're waiti…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Sunita Williams flies to ISS on NASA's Boeing Starliner tonight; 3rd time in space for Indian-origin astronaut
"I'm very proud of the teams who have worked really hard the last two and a half weeks to prepare f…
ANI
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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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Boeing's leaking Starliner spacecraft has delayed 2 astronauts' return to Earth
NASA and Boeing announced on Tuesday that Starliner's return from orbit had been delayed again to J…
Tom Carter
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An astronaut stuck on the International Space Station due to Boeing Starliner delays is roughing it in a sleeping bag over in the Japanese space module
The astronauts have been roughing it up during their prolonged stay, Time reported. They are runnin…
Aditi Bharade
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Remember Sunita Williams, Indian-origin astronaut who made history by going to space twice? She is all set to fly to space for the third time!
Wiliams will be tasked with conducting a series of tests to ensure the Starliner meets NASA's strin…
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SpaceX is launching 4 people on a risky mission to fly through radiation belts and do the first commercial spacewalk
SpaceX's latest daring billionaire mission aims to open the Crew Dragon spaceship in the vacuum of …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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I worked at SpaceX training astronauts for NASA missions. My lesson plans helped launch its first crewed mission.
Ex-SpaceX employee Laura Crabtree worked under Elon Musk for 11 years, training crew for space. She…
Kate Duffy
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Elon Musk's SpaceX announces world's first all-civilian mission to space in 2021
Elon Musk-run SpaceX has announced worlds first all-civilian mission to space at the end of 2021 in…