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Citizen spacefliers splash down, finishing up Inspiration4’s charity mission in orbit
Read more →: Citizen spacefliers splash down, finishing up Inspiration4’s charity mission in orbitSpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule descends to a splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean. (Inspiration4 Photo) The first non-governmental flight…
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Inspiration4 crew speaks with St. Jude patients while in orbit [Video]
Read more →: Inspiration4 crew speaks with St. Jude patients while in orbit [Video]The Inspiration4 mission launched four civilians into orbit on a Dragon capsule Wednesday night. The crew member has…
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All-civilian crew prepares for Saturday evening splashdown
Read more →: All-civilian crew prepares for Saturday evening splashdownSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Jared Isaacman, commander of the Inspiration4 mission, trains in a Crew…
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Inspiration4’s ‘all-civilian’ spacefliers share orbital activities — including a ukulele solo
Read more →: Inspiration4’s ‘all-civilian’ spacefliers share orbital activities — including a ukulele soloInspiration4 crewmates Jared Isaacman, Hayley Arceneaux, Chris Sembroski and Sian Proctor check in via a video link. (Inspiration4…
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Live coverage: Chinese astronauts return to Earth
Read more →: Live coverage: Chinese astronauts return to EarthLive coverage of China’s Shenzhou 12 mission, a three-month expedition to the Tiangong space station. Text updates will…
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Marketplace Interest in Laser Communications Grows as the Technology Matures
Read more →: Marketplace Interest in Laser Communications Grows as the Technology MaturesLaser communications satellites are poised to help make ultra-secure communications networks possible, with current capability demonstrations showing optical…
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Chinese crew landing caps record-setting day in human spaceflight
Read more →: Chinese crew landing caps record-setting day in human spaceflightShenzhou 12 astronauts Tang Hongbo, Liu Boming, and Nie Haisheng outside their landing capsule Friday. Credit: Xinhua Three…
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Inspiration4 crew describes “incredible perspective” from space
Read more →: Inspiration4 crew describes “incredible perspective” from spaceThe Inspiration4 crew downlinks a live update from SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft. Credit: SpaceX On their final…
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Jam out to Inspiration4’s Spotify playlist while they’re in orbit
Read more →: Jam out to Inspiration4’s Spotify playlist while they’re in orbitIt has become basically tradition for Astronauts to put together a playlist of songs prior to launching into…
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SpaceX returns a Falcon 9 booster to Port of Long Beach for the first time
Read more →: SpaceX returns a Falcon 9 booster to Port of Long Beach for the first timeEarlier this week SpaceX launched their first operational Starlink mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The…
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New research finds first clear detection of circumplanetary disk surrounding an exoplanet
Read more →: New research finds first clear detection of circumplanetary disk surrounding an exoplanetIn recently published research using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers announced that they had found the…