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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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Northrop Grumman names its next space ship after Kalpana Chawla — the first woman of Indian-origin to go to space
Named after the first woman of Indian-origin to travel through space — the S.S. Kalpana Chawla will…
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If a space tourism flight goes horribly wrong, it could be even harder to rescue passengers than the Titan sub disaster
As more companies are sending tourists into space, the Titan submersible disaster highlights the ch…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Outer Space: Terrorism Hub Or Security Haven?
Although terrorism in space is ruled out for now, it still throbs somewhere in people’s mind, with …
Preetam Kaushik
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Want To Travel To Outer Space? This Decade Will Change The Face Of Space Travel
Earth has demarcations, but space has always looked mysterious and inviting. Still, the way things …
Preetam Kaushik
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Astronaut Soichi Noguchi has now flown on 3 different spaceships. SpaceX's Crew Dragon is 'the best,' he said.
Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi has ridden in three spaceships and spent more than 180 days in sp…
Susie Neilson
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Why NASA spacesuits are so expensive
NASA's current fleet of spacesuits were built in 1974, and were reported to cost between $15 - $22 …
Andy Ash
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NASA calculated how risky SpaceX's first launch of humans could be, and the astronauts flying the space mission say they're 'very comfortable' with those odds
NASA estimates a 1-in-276 chance the flight could be fatal and a 1-in-60 that a problem would cause…
Dave Mosher
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Astronauts may soon have no way to reach NASA's $100 billion space station
Both Boeing and SpaceX have delayed their scheduled uncrewed and crewed launches as well as final c…
Dave Mosher
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China's out-of-control space station may crash to Earth in 2 months
"The thing about a space station is that it's typically got things on the inside," Ailor, who works…
Dave Mosher
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China's first space station is doomed - but objects inside of it may reach the ground unharmed
"It conducted six successive rendezvous and dockings with spacecraft Shenzhou-8, Shenzhou-9 and She…
Dave Mosher
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China's 9.4-ton space station is about to fall from the sky - and no one is sure where its debris will land
"You often hear space starts at 100 kilometers [62 miles]. That's based on where aerodynamic forces…
Dave Mosher
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A former NASA flight director explains why he couldn't do anything but lie alone in a darkened room during parts of space missions
NASA's mission control is run by three teams rotating between nine-hour shifts. A different flight …
Áine Cain
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One of the most tragic space disasters in history helped spawn 2 innovative companies - and without them, we'd be nowhere
"When the shuttle turned out to be not what we thought it was, all those downstream visions began t…
Jeremy Berke
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Why NASA is taking so long to get Boeing's 2 in-limbo astronauts back to Earth
NASA and SpaceX have been working on a backup plan to bring the astronauts home, but it has its own…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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I'm an EPA worker who's responded to more than 100 toxic spills and chemical fires, and I'll never forget one that got my adrenaline going
Oil spills harm the environment. As an EPA employee, I explain the risks and issues caused by toxic…
Catherine Boudreau
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On this day 60 years ago, President John F. Kennedy pledged the US would land a person on the moon. Decades later, NASA has a plan to go back.
As NASA prepares to blast off its new moon rocket, the space agency is poised to return to the moon…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Former Senator Bill Nelson is officially NASA's new administrator. His goals: support climate research and put astronauts on the moon.
Presidential administration transitions can give NASA whiplash, but Bill Nelson wants the US space …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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SpaceX made 4 vital changes to its Crew Dragon spaceship, and a promise for the landing, after analyzing its first astronaut mission
The latest Crew Dragon capsule is equipped with new maneuvering abilities, better solar panels, and…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Meet Raja Chari, the Indian-American man who might explore the Moon or even land on Mars
"We're trying to get to the moon to stay by 2024, and we have the technology to do that. We're…