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SpaceX Crew-11 astronauts put things into perspective photo of the day for April 24, 2025

From left to right, SpaceX Crew-11 members Oleg Platonov of Roscosmos, Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman of NASA and JAXA…

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Watch live as China launches Shenzhou 20 astronauts to Tiangong space station on April 24

Watch live! China’s Shenzhou 20 crew launches to Tiangong space station – YouTube Watch On China’s latest human spaceflight mission…

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Lunar Quilts capture crafters, astronaut’s take on return to the moon

The future of lunar exploration never looked more colorful … or so square. “The Next Giant Leap,” a pair of…

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NASA’s Artemis 2 astronauts reveal moon mission patch to honor ‘AII’

The next astronauts to fly to the moon now have a mission patch to represent their history-making journey. NASA on…

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Why Aurora Physicists Are Excited about Fram2’s Private Astronauts

Aurora Scientists Enlist Private Astronauts on Unusual Space Mission The commercial astronauts onboard SpaceX’s Fram2 mission are flying closer to…

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SpaceX’s Fram2 Mission Sends Four Private Astronauts into Polar Orbit

SpaceX Hits New Milestone with Fram2, the First-Ever Crewed Polar Mission The privately funded Fram2 mission is the first ever…

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‘I’d get on in a heartbeat’: Starliner astronauts would fly on Boeing spacecraft again despite malfunctions (video)

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore both say they’d ride on Boeing’s Starliner again, despite the issues the capsule…

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NASA astronauts say they’d fly the Boeing craft again: ‘I’d get on in a heartbeat’

Their craft’s mechanical issues led to a stay in space that was 35 times longer than originally scheduled, an eight-day…

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SpaceX launches private Fram2 astronauts on historic spaceflight over Earth’s poles

SpaceX just launched the first-ever human spaceflight to circle Earth over its poles. The private Fram2 mission lifted off atop…

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NASA Astronauts Return, Seals Hold Their Breath Underwater, and Penguin Poop Panics Kril

Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Let’s kick off the week by catching…

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