Astronauts

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NASA might not have to lean on Russia again to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station. Ars Technica notes the agency has bought five extra crewed ISS flights from SpaceX, or enough to maintain "uninterrupted" US staffing…

The mission, called AX-1, was brokered by a startup based in Houston, Texas Axiom Spacewhich books rocket flights, provides all necessary training, and coordinates flights to the International Space Station for those who can afford them.…

The mission, called AX-1, was brokered by a startup based in Houston, Texas Axiom Spacewhich books rocket flights, provides all necessary training, and coordinates flights to the International Space Station for those who can afford them.…

The mission, called AX-1, was brokered by a startup based in Houston, Texas Axiom Spacewhich books rocket flights, provides all necessary training, and coordinates flights to the International Space Station for those who can afford…

A child stands near a giant screen showing the image of the Tianhe space station on the country's Space Day at China Science and Technology Museum in Beijing, China April 24, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File PhotoRegister now for FREE…

Three Russian astronauts launched to the International Space Station early Friday. A few hours later, their Soyuz spacecraft docked at the space station and, when they boarded the orbiting outpost, they were wearing flight suits of…

There are four astronauts on Crew-1:Victor Glover, 45, selected by NASA in 2013 to be an astronaut, was on his first spaceflight. He is also the first Black NASA astronaut to be a member of a space station crew.Michael S. Hopkins, 52, a…

The astronauts — NASA's Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi, an astronaut with Japan's space agency — had boarded their Crew Dragon capsule Friday afternoon, and they spent all night aboard the…

On Saturday evening, the crew climbed aboard their spacecraft, which had remained fixed to the space station's docking ports since the astronauts arrived in November. They undocked from the ISS at 8:37 pm ET, and will spend the night…