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NASA's Jonny Kim and 2 cosmonauts arrive at ISS aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft
The Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and his two cosmonaut colleagues arrived at the International ...
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NASA's daredevil solar spacecraft survives 2nd close flyby of our sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has completed is 2nd ultra-close flyby of the sun, and survived to transmit its data back to Earth.
A US-Russian crew of 3 launches to the International Space Station
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and two Russian crewmates have arrived at the International Space Station on board a Russian ...
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SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites on brand-new Falcon 9 rocket, aces Pacific Ocean landing (video)
A brand-new Falcon 9 booster launched a batch of Starlink internet satellites into orbit from California's foggy central ...
SpaceX Fram2 crew splashes down off California coast to close out historic trip around Earth's poles
A wealthy bitcoin entrepreneur and three fellow adventurers plunged back to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Friday, ...
Nuclear-powered rocket concept could cut journey time to Mars in half
British startup Pulsar Fusion has unveiled Sunbird, a space rocket concept designed to meet spacecraft in orbit, attach to them, and carry them to their destination at breakneck speed using nuclear ...
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SpaceX's private Fram2 astronauts splash down on Earth, ending historic polar orbit expedition
The first four humans to orbit over Earth's north and south poles have safely returned to Earth.
They Just Shut Down Gaia, the Spacecraft That Mapped Two Billion Stars
After over a decade of stellar service, ESA’s Gaia spacecraft has been retired – but its legacy is just beginning. From ...
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Farewell to Gaia, the spacecraft that mapped the Milky Way
After more than a decade of charting the stars with extraordinary precision, the Gaia spacecraft has completed its mission.
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Scientists Tried to Kill Spacecraft But It Was So Tough That It Refused to Die
While it was getting ready to power down its Gaia spacecraft, the European Space Agency encountered some unusual resistance.
Going where no spacecraft has gone before: NASA shuts down cosmic ray instrument on Voyager 2
The decision comes as the Voyager spacecraft face diminishing power supplies due to the gradual decay of their radioactive ...
Spacecraft carrying Russians and American takes off from Baikonur cosmodrome
A spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut took off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on ...