#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 launches astronauts on recycled rocket for first time

#SpaceX launches astronauts on recycled rocket for first time

“#SpaceX launches astronauts on recycled rocket for first time” NASA and Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX made history Friday, propelling a team of astronauts into orbit on a recycled rocket and capsule previously used on a space mission. The spacecraft took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida early Friday morning and is headed…

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#NASA extracts breathable oxygen from thin Martian air

#NASA extracts breathable oxygen from thin Martian air

“#NASA extracts breathable oxygen from thin Martian air” NASA has logged another extraterrestrial first on its latest mission to Mars: converting carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere into pure, breathable oxygen, the US space agency said on Wednesday. The unprecedented extraction of oxygen, literally out of thin air on Mars, was achieved Tuesday by an…

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#NASA’s Ingenuity succeeds in historic flight over Mars’ surface

#NASA’s Ingenuity succeeds in historic flight over Mars’ surface

“#NASA’s Ingenuity succeeds in historic flight over Mars’ surface” NASA’s 4-pound Ingenuity helicopter made history early Monday — becoming the first powered, controlled aircraft to fly on another planet. Results rolled in shortly before 7 a.m., concluding that the experimental helicopter succeeded in its mission of rising 10 feet above the Martian surface, hovering in…

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