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Nation Dec 05

Stuck Starliner astronauts hit 6 months in space with 2 more to go until they can return

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

Science Jul 15

The Supermoon visible over Britain
A recently discovered cave on the moon could mean housing for future astronauts

Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon, not far from where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed 55 years ago…

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

Science May 04

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket rolls toward the launch pad, in Cape Canaveral
Boeing is launching astronauts into space in its Starliner capsule. Here’s what to know

After years of delays and stumbles, Boeing is finally poised to launch astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA, in the first flight of the company's Starliner capsule with a crew on board.

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

Science Dec 19

Members of NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) team react to the first high-definition streaming video to be sent via laser from deep space at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. One person points to an image on a monitor that shows Taters, an orange cat that stars in the brief video while chasing a laser pointer.
NASA features orange tabby cat in first video sent by laser from deep space

The 15-second ultra high-definition video was beamed to Earth from NASA's Psyche spacecraft, 19 million miles away.

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

Science Mar 30

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

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…

By Miles O'Brien, Courtney Norris

Nov 11

SpaceX crew launch marks the 600th person in space in 60 years

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

SpaceX has launched four astronauts to the International Space Station. The flight comes just two days after SpaceX brought four other astronauts home, and lifts the number of people who have reached space past the 600 mark.

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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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Jul 29

Russian lab module docks with space station after 8-day trip

By Associated Press

The 22-ton Nauka module, also called the Multipurpose Laboratory Module, docked with the orbiting outpost in an automatic mode after a long journey and a series of maneuvers.

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Feb 17

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NASA sets ambitious goals for latest mission to Mars

By Miles O'Brien

If all goes according to plan, the United States will land its most advanced rover ever on Mars on Thursday, nearly 300-million miles from where it lifted off last year. It is a daunting task, one that will set up…

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Oct 19

WATCH: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to collect sample from asteroid Bennu

By Elizabeth Cantwell, The Conversation

OSIRIS-REx will touch down on asteroid Bennu, collect a sample of the dust and begin its journey back to Earth, where scientists will study it, hoping to learn secrets of the solar system's origin.

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