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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


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


Crewed SpaceX mission delayed after leak in ground equipment
The launch of SpaceX's four-person Polaris Dawn mission will be delayed by at least a day because of a helium leak in ground equipment at...
Aug 27, 20242 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


SpaceX's Falcon 9 grounded after failure dooms batch of Starlink satellites
WASHINGTON - SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 rocket was grounded by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday after one broke...
Jul 13, 20244 min read


Europe 'back in space' despite Ariane 6 debut glitch
PARIS - Space bosses hailed Europe's return to space after the Ariane 6 rocket successfully carried out a series of trials in a debut...
Jul 11, 20243 min read


Russian satellite breaks up in space, forces ISS astronauts to shelter
WASHINGTON - A defunct Russian satellite has broken up into more than 100 pieces of debris in orbit, forcing astronauts on the...
Jun 28, 20243 min read


China's Chang'e-6 moon probe lands back on Earth
BEIJING -China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe landed on Tuesday in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, making the country the first...
Jun 26, 20242 min read
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