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NASA astronauts head home on SpaceX capsule after drawn-out space station stay
WASHINGTON - NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams departed the International Space Station early on Tuesday morning in a...
Mar 184 min read


Exclusive-Power failed at SpaceX mission control before September spacewalk by NASA nominee
WASHINGTON - A September power outage at a California facility of SpaceX, the space venture of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, caused...
Dec 21, 20245 min read


Solar eclipse shines a 'ring of fire' over Easter Island and Patagonia
HANGA ROA, Easter Island/LAS HORQUETAS, Argentina - The moon blotted out most of the sun across the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday afternoon,...
Oct 3, 20241 min read


Billionaire and engineer conduct first private spacewalk in SpaceX mission
WASHINGTON - Two astronauts - a billionaire and an engineer - completed the world's first private spacewalk in orbit on Thursday outside...
Sep 13, 20243 min read


Factbox-SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission: Who are the astronauts doing the spacewalk?
The SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission carried out its spacewalk on Thursday with two astronauts emerging out of the capsule in Earth's orbit,...
Sep 13, 20243 min read


Explainer-What is helium and why is it used in rockets?
BENGALURU - Two NASA astronauts aboard Boeing's Starliner will stay on the International Space Station for months because of a faulty...
Sep 12, 20242 min read


SpaceX launches billionaire's private crew on milestone spacewalk mission
WASHINGTON - Four private astronauts blasted into space early on Tuesday in a modified SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, kicking off the...
Sep 11, 20243 min read


Analysis-Astronauts' plight piles pressure on Boeing's struggling space unit
WASHINGTON - NASA's decision to send Boeing's Starliner capsule home without astronauts follows years of missteps by the planemaker in...
Aug 27, 20244 min read


Factbox-SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission: Who are the astronauts doing the spacewalk?
SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission is poised to make history this week with the first privately managed spacewalk, a risky endeavour...
Aug 27, 20243 min read


Factbox-Who are the first astronauts to fly aboard Boeing's Starliner?
Two veteran NASA astronauts with a combined 500 days of previous spaceflight were the first crew launched into space on Boeing's...
Aug 25, 20243 min read


SpaceX to return Boeing's Starliner astronauts from space next year, NASA says
WASHINGTON - Two NASA astronauts who flew to the International Space Station in June aboard Boeing's faulty Starliner capsule will need...
Aug 25, 20243 min read


NASA says decision on Boeing Starliner crew's path home coming Saturday
WASHINGTON - NASA said on Thursday it expects to announce on Saturday its decision on whether the two astronauts who rode Boeing's...
Aug 23, 20242 min read
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