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Webb telescope detects carbon dioxide, hydrogen peroxide on surface of Pluto’s largest moon

Scientists have discovered carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the surface of Charon, Pluto’s largest moon, offering clues about the origins of the space rock and other celestial objects in the distant solar system.  Using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope’s near-infrared spectrograph instrument, astronomers at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, gathered new

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SpaceX Crew Dragon brings 2-man crew to space station amid probe of upper stage anomaly

A day after launching from the Kennedy Space Center, a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft caught up with the International Space Station and moved in for docking Sunday, bringing a NASA astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut to the outpost to join two Starliner astronauts for a five-month tour of duty. The rendezvous came amid word from

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SpaceX launches two to space station, giving Starliner astronauts a ride home in February

SpaceX launched a reduced two-man crew on a flight to the International Space Station Saturday, along with supplies and a pair of empty seats for two Starliner astronauts waiting to hitch a ride home in February after an unexpected eight-and-a-half-month stay in orbit. Running two days late because of high winds, rain and clouds spawned

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2-man crew bound for space station, will give Starliner astronauts a ride home in February

NASA’s 10th Crew Dragon flight to the International Space Station is ready for launch Saturday with two long-duration crew members on board along with two empty seats that will be used next February to carry Boeing’s Starliner astronauts back to Earth after an extended stay in orbit. Crew 9 commander Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut

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Russian Soyuz brings 3 space station fliers home after record-setting mission

Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, now the world’s most experienced spaceman, first-time flier Nikolai Chub and NASA veteran Tracy Dyson undocked from the International Space Station and returned to Earth on Monday, closing out a record-setting mission with a picture-perfect landing in Kazakhstan. With the Soyuz crew back home, NASA and SpaceX are gearing up to launch

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NASA’s “Hidden Figures” honored in Congressional Gold Medal ceremony

Washington — A group of Black women central to NASA’s success during the space race and known as the “Hidden Figures” were honored Wednesday in a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Capitol Hill.  “This has been a long time coming,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, said at the ceremony. “At a time in America

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Polaris Dawn crew safely splashes down after historic spacewalk

Polaris Dawn crew safely splashes down after historic spacewalk – CBS News Watch CBS News Four SpaceX astronauts safely splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday. The Polaris Dawn crew completed the first-ever commercial spacewalk during their historic mission and tested a new type of spacesuit. View CBS News In Be the first

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Groundbreaking commercial Polaris Dawn space mission splashes down

Groundbreaking commercial Polaris Dawn space mission splashes down – CBS News Watch CBS News The groundbreaking commercial space mission known as Polaris Dawn successfully splashed down early Sunday morning. The historic five-day mission, flown by tech billionaire Jared Isaacman and three crew mates, included the first ever commercial spacewalk. View CBS News In Be the

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Record-setting Polaris Dawn crew safely splashes down in Gulf of Mexico

After setting an altitude record and staging the first non-government spacewalk, billionaire Jared Isaacman and his three crewmates returned to Earth early Sunday, plunging back into the atmosphere aboard their Crew Dragon spacecraft for an on-target splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. With Isaacman and pilot Scott “Kidd” Poteet monitoring cockpit displays, flanked by SpaceX

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Polaris Dawn astronaut delivers violin performance from space

Polaris Dawn astronaut delivers violin performance from space – CBS News Watch CBS News Astronaut Sarah Gillis, who took part in Polaris Dawn’s historic spacewalk earlier this week, delivered a violin performance from the mission. The performance was synced with an orchestra on Earth. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser

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