Mission to bring back Nasa astronauts: Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore all smiles as new crew docks space station
After nine months of uncertainty, NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore finally saw hope as SpaceX’s Crew Dragon successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS). The long-awaited moment brought relief,
SpaceX launches a new crew to the space station to replace NASA’s stuck astronauts
Reaching orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the newest crew includes NASA’s Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, both military pilots; and Japan’s Takuya Onishi and Russia’s Kirill Peskov, both former airline pilots. They will spend the next six months at the space station, considered the normal stint, after springing Wilmore and Williams free.
SpaceX launches new crew to space station to rescue stranded astronauts
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a crew of four aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft scrubbed prior to liftoff for a mission to the International Space Station from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Terry Renna) (AP)
Astronaut Crew Docks With Space Station to Replace 'Butch and Suni'
NASA astronauts Sunita Williams, Nick Hague, Barry Wilmore, and Donald Pettit unbox Thanksgiving meals, from the International Space Station (ISS), in this screen grab taken from a handout video, released on November 26,
SpaceX launches mission to bring home stranded astronauts
During a second attempt, SpaceX successfully launched a mission on March 14 to replace two NASA astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station for nine months.
Crew-10 launches for space station, setting stage for Starliner astronauts to return
The Starliner saga is a step closer to its end with the launch of a SpaceX vehicle that will relieve the astronauts who flew on the Boeing spacecraft.
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NASA's New Space Telescope Launches to Explore the Origins of the Universe After a Series of Delays
NASA’s newest space telescope, called SPHEREx, finally got off the ground this week, after a series of delays that had ...
NASA Launches New Space Telescope and Suite of Solar Satellites
The SPHEREx telescope will create the most colorful map of the cosmos, while the four satellites of the PUNCH mission track ...
NASA launches 'incredible' new tools into space to study the universe, sun's corona
SPHEREx hopes to solve some of the universe's biggest mysteries, while PUNCH will study the sun’s outer atmosphere, the ...
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Secretive US Space Force X-37B space plane 'breaks new ground' with return to Earth after 434 days in orbit (photos)
"The successful execution of the aerobraking maneuver underscores the U.S. Space Force’s commitment to pushing the bounds of ...
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See the Striking New Images From the Blue Ghost Lunar Lander, Now the Second Private Spacecraft to Touch Down on the Moon
Firefly Aerospace's lander reached lunar soil early Sunday morning, after a 2.8-million-mile journey lasting 45 days ...
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while the four satellites of the PUNCH mission track the evolution of the solar wind in three dimensions. By Katrina Miller Saturn Gains 128 New Moons, Bringing Its Total to 274 The objects ...
SpaceX rocket docks as astronauts prepare return after nine months
A SpaceX rocket carrying a new crew has docked at the International Space Station (ISS) as part of a plan to bring astronauts ...