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Happy National Astronaut Day 2024! Holiday’s founder talks importance of honoring America’s spaceflyers (exclusive)

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Happy National Astronaut Day 2024! As the inspiring President and CEO of Uniphi Good, music industry fixture Annie Balliro has presided over ...

Boeing’s 1st crew to ride Astrovan II to the launch pad

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Dr. Sarah Adams

When Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams lift off for the International Space Station on Monday (May 6), they will become the first ...

NASA begins delivering 1st Artemis Moon Trees to be planted across United States

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Dr. Sarah Adams

The first woman slated to launch to the moon has delivered one of the first trees grown from seeds recently flown there. ...

NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara missed the total solar eclipse, but saw Earth ‘moving’ below her during spacewalk (photos)

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Dr. Sarah Adams

NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara was prepared for her first spacewalk — but not for the view. O’Hara, along with SpaceX Crew-7 NASA ...

Soyuz capsule with crew of 3, including 1st female astronaut from Belarus, lands safely to end ISS mission

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Dr. Sarah Adams

The first female Belarusian in space, alongside a NASA astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut, came back to Earth early this morning (April ...

Soyuz brings U.S. astronaut, 2 station crewmates, back to Earth

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Dr. Sarah Adams

A Russian Soyuz ferry ship undocked from the International Space Station and flew back to Earth early Saturday, bringing a Russian cosmonaut, ...

SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts share the good and bad of spending 6 months in space

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Andreas Mogensen was impressed by how smooth a landing it was. The first European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut (and first non-American) to ...

3 spaceflyers arrive at the ISS aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Three spaceflyers have arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) after a roughly two-day orbital chase. Russia’s Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft docked with ...

Flight attendant becomes 1st Belarusian woman in space on ISS-bound Soyuz launch

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Dr. Sarah Adams

For the first time, a spacecraft has lifted off with a flight attendant aboard, but there will be no drink service during ...

Russia launches one-man, two-woman crew to space station

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Two days after a rare last-second launch abort, a Russian Soyuz spacecraft blasted off Saturday on a flight to the International Space ...