NEW YORK | XINHUA | Crew of U.S. Polaris Dawn mission have completed a spacewalk on Thursday, marking the first time commercial astronauts have space-walked from a commercial spacecraft, according to SpaceX. The spacewalk started at around 6:13 a.m. Eastern Time (1013 GMT). Two astronauts of the four-member all-civilian crew …
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LOS ANGELES, the United States | Xinhua | Two U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronauts find themselves on an unexpectedly extended mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as technical issues plague their return spacecraft, Boeing’s Starliner. The intended short test mission has stretched beyond 60 days, with …
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Thermonuclear blasts and new species ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | For more than two decades, Elon Musk has focused SpaceX, his rocket company, on his lifelong goal of reaching Mars. Over the past year, he has also ramped up work on what will happen if he gets there. Musk, 53, has directed …
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LOS ANGELES | Xinhua | American billionaire Elon Musk announced Tuesday that he would move the headquarters of SpaceX and X out of California, one day after the state’s Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill that bans school rules requiring staff to disclose children’s gender identity changes to their parents. …
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LOS ANGELES, California| Xinhua | SpaceX plans to have the fourth flight test of its giant Starship rocket as soon as June 5, pending regulatory approval, according to the company. SpaceX had Starship’s third flight test in March, but the company lost communication with the vehicle before it made it to …
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LOS ANGELES | Xinhua | NASA and SpaceX are targeting this Thursday to launch the 30th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station, the agency said on Monday. The launch is scheduled for 4:55 p.m. Thursday Eastern Time, lifting off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in …
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LOS ANGELES, North America | Xinhua | SpaceX and Axiom Space launched the third private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, as part of NASA’s efforts to open access to space. The mission, codenamed Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3), is the first all-European commercial astronaut mission to …
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Los Angeles, US | Xinhua | SpaceX’s giant new rocket Starship on Saturday blasted off on its second test flight, but exploded minutes after launch. Starship successfully lifted off under the power of all 33 Raptor engines on the Super Heavy Booster at about 7:04 a.m. Central Time (1304 GMT) from …
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Los Angeles, USA | Xinhua | NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splashed down safely off the coast of the southeastern U.S. state of Florida on Saturday, NASA said. The four-member international crew, consisting of NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata …
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Leaving planet earth in crisis is a terrible idea? | THE INDEPENDENT | The four minutes billionaires Sir Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos spent in a state of weightlessness on the edge of space recently were historic feats in the burgeoning space tourism business, but many critics say Branson, Bezos …
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