Four-person crew will join Expedition 67 at the International Space Station. Four astronauts have been chosen for the fifth crewed mission of the NASA Commercial Crew Program to…
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FCC to Update Space Debris Rules
Commission says higher space accessibility requires higher rule specificity. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently pledged to update its rules surrounding the management of space debris. Rules for…
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NASA Aiming for June Moon Mission
Most recent test scrubbed. NASA announced it is still aiming for a June launch of its Artemis mission to the moon, even after a second attempt at a…
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Launch of James Webb Space Telescope Delayed
High Winds set Christmas Day for takeoff. Due to dangerously high winds, NASA announced on Wednesday that it would be delaying the launch of the James Webb space…
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Second Private “Space Flight” Has Success
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin’s New Shepard had a crew of four. Less than ten days after Richard Branson made history as the first billionaire in space…
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Virgin Galactic Has Successful Space Flight
New milestone in space travel reached. On Sunday, British billionaire, entrepreneur, and adventurist Richard Branson soared more than 50 miles above the New Mexico desert aboard his Virgin…
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Vandenberg Air Force Base Renamed as Space Force Base
California central coast base conducts defense, science, and commercial orbital launches. Major General DeAnna Burt, Commander of the Combined Force Space Component Command, presided over the renaming ceremony…
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China Launches Mission to Moon
The plan is to return with rock samples. On Tuesday morning, China launched the Chang’e-5 spacecraft to collect and bring back to Earth samples from the surface of…
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SpaceX Launch Delayed
Poor weather postpones flight until Saturday. The much-anticipated launch of the SpaceX rocket ship from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida has been postponed to Saturday, following unfavorable…
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Human Space Flight Administrator Resigns
Resignation came one week before astronauts resume NASA launches from U.S. Douglas Loverro, the head of NASA’s human spaceflight office tendered his resignation last week. The announcement came…
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