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The space shuttle Endeavour was lifted into an upright position for public display. Watch CBS News On Monday, the decommissioned Endeavour space shuttle was lifted into position for public viewing in Los Angeles. The spacecraft, attached to the external boosters that assisted in launching it into Earth’s atmosphere, is the first to be exhibited in
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On Tuesday, SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida, marking their third launch in under three days. The rocket carried over four tons of scientific equipment, supplies for the crew, and some delicious treats like ice cream, fresh fruit, and cheese. The flight is expected to take two days to reach the International
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A retired space shuttle is scheduled to be lifted by cranes for public exhibition – CBS News. Watch CBS News On Monday, cranes will raise the Endeavour space shuttle into position for a special exhibition. This retired shuttle, originally created to replace the Challenger shuttle after its launch failure, will be showcased in an upright
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17th flight On Friday, Virgin Galactic’s rocketplane with wings successfully completed its 17th flight, carrying a two-person crew and four passengers to the boundary of space and then returning back. The eleventh sub-orbital spaceflight conducted by the company. Its sixth commercial mission. With veteran pilots C.J. Sturckow and Nicola Pecile at the controls, the Unity
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Designed to fly just five times over 30 days, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter lasted nearly three years, soaring across the surface of Mars and logging 72 flights before a hard or tilted landing that damaged one or more rotors forced flight controllers to finally bring the marathon mission to a close. Teddy Tzanetos, the Ingenuity project
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Early Sunday morning, a small asteroid entered the Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrated while passing through the skies above eastern Germany. Videos shared on social media throughout the day showed the glowing object’s descent over Europe, shortly after the Hungarian researcher and self-described “asteroid hunter” Krisztián Sárneczky spotted it from an observatory in Hungary. Sárneczky is
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An independently chartered Crew Dragon spacecraft from SpaceX successfully caught up with the object.International Space Station On the morning of Saturday, the spacecraft smoothly docked with the orbital outpost, bringing a four-person crew to conduct a two-week commercial research mission. Michael López-Alegría, a former astronaut with NASA, served as the commander of the Crew Dragon.
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SpaceX successfully sends Axiom crew to International Space Station – CBS News Watch CBS News A group of four European astronauts launched into space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday. They are en route to the International Space Station where they will spend approximately two weeks
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched on Thursday carrying the most diverse crew to ever visit the International Space Station. This mission, planned and trained for over several months, will last for two weeks and is the third fully commercial flight to the orbital outpost. Retired NASA astronaut Michael López-Alegría and Italian co-pilot Walter Villadei
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Third commercial crew mission The scheduled trip to the International Space Station has been postponed to Wednesday in order to complete necessary pre-flight data evaluations. The flight, arranged by Axiom Space from Houston, will now take place on Thursday following the completion of final analysis. The flight’s four-person crew, consisting of retired astronaut Michael López-Alegría,
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