A new entrant in the space tourism market promises customers views of the Earth's curvature from the comfort of a luxury cabin, lifted to the upper atmosphere with a giant balloon.
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The first fully private mission reached the International Space Station early Saturday with a four-member crew from startup company Axiom Space.
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Apr 9, 2022
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NASA on Friday began a critical two-day-long test of its giant Space Launch System (SLS) rocket complete with a simulated countdown, as the agency gears up to return humans to the Moon.
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Apr 1, 2022
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NASA's massive new rocket began its first journey to a launchpad on Thursday ahead of a battery of tests that will clear it to blast off to the Moon this summer.
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Mar 17, 2022
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The first mission in NASA's program to take humans back to the Moon has been delayed until spring at the earliest, the US space agency said Wednesday, saying it needed more time to complete safety checks.
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Feb 2, 2022
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NASA's newest X-ray observatory rocketed into orbit Thursday to shed light on exploded stars, black holes and other violent high-energy events unfolding in the universe.
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SpaceX expanded its constellation of low Earth orbit satellites on Saturday with the launch of 53 Starlink satellites from Florida.
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Nov 13, 2021
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A SpaceX rocket carried four astronauts into orbit Wednesday night, including the 600th person to reach space in 60 years.
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Nov 11, 2021
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Four astronauts could leave the International Space Station on Sunday without their replacement team having arrived to take over, NASA announced Thursday, but the timing remains uncertain due to weather conditions.
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Nov 4, 2021
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SpaceX is taming some toilet troubles in its Dragon capsules before launching four more astronauts.
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Oct 26, 2021
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