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NASA Space Station

Spacewalkers Get Ready as Crew Packs Dragon with Science

The Expedition 71 crew is getting ready for a spacewalk on Thursday while finishing payload operations inside a U.S. cargo craft before its return to Earth. The International Space Station residents also investigated antibiotic resistance and participated in a cardiorespiratory study on Wednesday. Two ...

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NASA Space Station

Spacewalkers Get Ready as Crew Packs Dragon with Science

NASA Space Station

Crew Packs Dragon, Works Neuroscience, and Preps for Spacewalk

Payload operations are underway aboard the International Space Station as a U.S. cargo craft prepares for its return to Earth at the end of the week. Meanwhile, the Expedition 71 crew continued researching neuroscience and getting ready for the year’s first spacewalk. The four NASA astronauts in the ...

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NASA Space Station

Crew Packs Dragon, Works Neuroscience, and Preps for Spacewalk

NASA Space Station

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Astronauts Enter Quarantine for Mission

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who are set to launch to the International Space Station on Monday, May 6, entered pre-flight quarantine in preparation for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test mission. Flight crew health stabilization is a standard process ahead of any human spaceflight ...

2 days ago

NASA Space Station

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Astronauts Enter Quarantine for Mission

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Watch China launch 3 astronauts to Tiangong space station today

China plans to launch the three-astronaut Shenzhou 18 mission to its Tiangong space station today (April 25), and you can watch the action live.

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Watch China launch 3 astronauts to Tiangong space station today

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China's Tiangong space station damaged by debris strike: report

Two spacewalks this winter fixed the power supply of China's Tiangong space station, which was damaged by a space debris strike, state media reported.

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China's Tiangong space station damaged by debris strike: report

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Japan's SLIM moon lander defies death to survive 3rd frigid lunar night (image)

Japan's SLIM lunar lander has now survived three week-long nights on the moon, braving temperatures as low as minus 274 degrees Fahrenheit, despite not being designed to last one!

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Japan's SLIM moon lander defies death to survive 3rd frigid lunar night (image)

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April full moon has us tickled pink in these gorgeous photos

The Full Pink Moon rose on April 23, 2024, putting a damper on chances of catching any Lyrid meteors but providing a gorgeous target for cameras around the globe.

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April full moon has us tickled pink in these gorgeous photos

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Buried in the Cat's Paw Nebula lies one of the largest space molecules ever seen

Scientists have discovered one of the largest molecules ever seen in space in the Cat's Paw nebula. The discovery hints at how chemical complexity emerges as stars form.

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Buried in the Cat's Paw Nebula lies one of the largest space molecules ever seen

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Hubble telescope celebrates 34th anniversary with an iridescent Dumbbell Nebula (image)

Take a fresh look at the iconic Dumbbell Nebula on occasion of the Hubble Space Telescope's 34 years in space.

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Hubble telescope celebrates 34th anniversary with an iridescent Dumbbell Nebula (image)