#SpaceX capsule departs ISS with 4 astronauts, heads home

#SpaceX capsule departs ISS with 4 astronauts, heads home

“#SpaceX capsule departs ISS with 4 astronauts, heads home” CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts departed the International Space Station late Saturday, aiming for a rare nighttime splashdown to end the company’s second crew flight. It would be the first U.S. splashdown in darkness since Apollo 8′s crew returned from the…

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#Biggest space station crowd in decade after SpaceX arrival

#Biggest space station crowd in decade after SpaceX arrival

“#Biggest space station crowd in decade after SpaceX arrival” CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The International Space Station’s population swelled to 11 on Saturday with the jubilant arrival of SpaceX’s third crew capsule in less than a year. It’s the biggest crowd up there in more than a decade. All of the astronauts — representing the…

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#SpaceX astronauts board International Space Station

#SpaceX astronauts board International Space Station

“#SpaceX astronauts board International Space Station” Four astronauts have successfully reached the International Space Station after launching into the final frontier early Friday morning. “Soft capture confirmed! Crew Dragon Endeavour arrived at the @Space_Station for the second time in its history,” NASA said in a tweet Saturday. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, left, approaches to…

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#NASA interested in reality TV competition ‘Space Hero’

#NASA interested in reality TV competition ‘Space Hero’

“#NASA interested in reality TV competition ‘Space Hero’” Got stars in your eyes? Then maybe you have what it takes to be the next “Space Hero” — a new reality television show being developed with support from emerging commercial spaceflight company Axiom Space, by way of a Space Act Agreement signed with NASA Monday. “Space…

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#Tasters savor fine wine that orbited Earth

#Tasters savor fine wine that orbited Earth

“#Tasters savor fine wine that orbited Earth” BORDEAUX, France — It tastes like rose petals. It smells like a campfire. It glistens with a burnt-orange hue. What is it? A 5,000-euro bottle of Petrus Pomerol wine that spent a year in space. Researchers in Bordeaux are analyzing a dozen bottles of the precious liquid —…

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#’Space junk’ races at 10 times the speed of a bullet

#’Space junk’ races at 10 times the speed of a bullet

“#’Space junk’ races at 10 times the speed of a bullet” In space, no one can see the minuscule threats that risk total annihilation. Now circling Earth’s orbit are more than 128 million pieces of refuse leftover from degrading satellites, byproducts of past flight missions and other cosmic accidents — and that’s just counting the…

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#NASA, SpaceX sign agreement to enhance space safety

#NASA, SpaceX sign agreement to enhance space safety

“#NASA, SpaceX sign agreement to enhance space safety” NASA said on Thursday it had signed an agreement with billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX that would focus on avoiding collisions between the agency’s spacecraft and the rocket company’s large constellation of satellites. The agreement would enhance data sharing between NASA and Starlink, SpaceX’s space internet venture, to…

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#Spacewalkers complete 4 years of power upgrades for station

#Spacewalkers complete 4 years of power upgrades for station

“#Spacewalkers complete 4 years of power upgrades for station” CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A pair of spacewalking astronauts completed a four-year effort to modernize the International Space Station’s power grid on Monday, installing one last battery. Over the weekend, flight controllers in Houston used the space station’s big robot arm to replace the last pair…

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