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Japan's ispace second moon landing attempt

Science Jun 05

Japanese private lunar lander falls silent while attempting moon touchdown

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

Science Apr 04

Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams return to earth in a Crew Dragon capsule
Four space tourists return to Earth after private SpaceX flight over the poles

Bitcoin investor Chun Wang chartered a SpaceX flight for himself and three others in a Dragon capsule that was outfitted with a domed window that provided 360-degree views of the polar caps and everything in between.

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

Science Apr 01

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is launched, carrying four commercial astronauts into a 90-degree inclination polar orbit
Bitcoin investor buys entire SpaceX flight for ultimate polar adventure

A bitcoin investor is headed to space with three polar explorers on the first flight to carry people over the North and South poles.

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

Science Sep 15

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SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn crew returns to Earth after completing first private spacewalk

A tech entrepreneur, two SpaceX engineers and a former Air Force Thunderbird pilot returned to Earth on Sunday, ending a five-day trip that lifted them higher than anyone has traveled since NASA’s moonwalkers.

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

Nation Feb 22

US nears attempt at first moon landing in half century with private robot spacecraft
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U.S. company lands private spacecraft on surface of the moon

It's the first U.S.-built spacecraft to land on the moon in more than 50 years, and the first ever by a private company. The Odysseus lander took off from Cape Canaveral last week and made it to the lunar surface…

By Geoff Bennett, Miles O'Brien, Shoshana Dubnow

May 21

SpaceX launches private flight carrying Saudi Arabia’s 1st woman astronaut to ISS

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

Saudi Arabia’s first astronauts in decades, including the first Saudi female astronaut, rocketed toward the International Space Station on a chartered multimillion-dollar SpaceX flight Sunday.

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Mar 30

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Blue Origin’s latest mission takes a professor and entrepreneur to the edge of space

By Miles O'Brien, Courtney Norris

American astronaut Mark Vande Hei returned to Earth Wednesday from the International Space Station along with two fellow Russian cosmonauts. He was in space for 355 straight days, longer than any American yet. But attention will return to private efforts…

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Oct 04

Actor William Shatner of Star Trek fame is actually going to space

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

At age 90, Shatner will become the oldest person in space. He'll join three others — two of them paying customers — aboard a Blue Origin capsule. It will be the company's second launch with a crew.

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Jan 12

‘Close but no cigar’ for SpaceX rocket bumpy landing

By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy

On Saturday, SpaceX's fifth resupply capsule successfully docked at the ISS. But part of the mission was a flop.

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