All posts tagged "astronauts"
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2SpaceTrump asks Musk to bring back two astronauts ‘stranded’ on space station | International Space Station
Donald Trump has asked Elon Musk’s SpaceX to bring back two astronauts “stranded” in space, despite Nasa saying they are not stranded...
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2SpaceTrump asks Elon Musk to return 2 Starliner astronauts from the ISS for NASA— but they already have a SpaceX ride home
Well, this is something of a head-scratcher. On Tuesday evening (Jan. 28), President Donald Trump announced that he has another task for...
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2SpaceHappy Lunar New Year 2025! Chinese astronauts send Year of the Snake greeting from Tiangong space station (video)
Happy Lunar New Year! Wednesday (Jan. 29) welcomes the Lunar New Year, a holiday with deep cultural and familial significance that is...
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6TechWhy did Elon Musk just say Trump wants to bring two stranded astronauts home?
For reasons that were not immediately clear, SpaceX founder Elon Musk took to his social media site X on Tuesday evening to...
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10SpaceUS military practices rescuing astronauts from the sea (photos)
A U.S. military joint task force did some training recently off the Florida coast to help with astronaut splashdowns. “Space travel is...
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15SpaceNASA honors fallen astronauts with ‘Day of Remembrance’ ceremony
NASA honored its fallen space explorers during its annual “Day of Remembrance” on Thursday (Jan. 23). The agency held events at a...
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28SpaceChinese astronauts install debris shields on Tiangong space station during 8.5-hour spacewalk (video)
Two Chinese astronauts have completed the second spacewalk of their six-month-long mission in Earth orbit. Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong, part of...
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18SpaceAstronauts Set to Swab the Exterior of Station for Microbial Life
Astronauts are scheduled to venture outside the International Space Station to collect microbiological samples during crew spacewalks for the ISS External Microorganisms...
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23Space‘We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars.’ President Trump wants astronauts to raise the American flag on Mars
President Donald Trump wants to lead the United States to Mars. After taking the oath of office to be sworn in as...
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411Space35 Years Ago: NASA Selects its 13th Group of Astronauts
On Jan. 17, 1990, NASA announced the selection of its 13th group of astronaut candidates. The diverse group comprised 23 candidates –...
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31SpaceAstronauts repair black hole observatory, inspect cosmic ray detector on ISS spacewalk
An X-ray observatory used to study neutron stars is “back in the black” and a cosmic ray detector is ready for possible...
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23SpaceWatch 2 NASA astronauts repair X-ray telescope on ISS during a spacewalk today
Two NASA astronauts will perform the year’s first spacewalk today (Jan. 16), and you can watch the action live. Nick Hague and...
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291FeaturedWhat life is like for Nasa astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore
NASA Work to build the International Space Station began in 1998 In June two American astronauts left Earth expecting to spend eight...
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58FeaturedThe four astronauts NASA picked for the first crewed moon mission in 50 years
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — ...
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56FeaturedCould robots really replace human astronauts?
BBC On Christmas Eve, an autonomous spacecraft flew past the Sun, closer than any human-made object before it. Swooping through the atmosphere,...
