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Axiom Space's next astronaut mission to the ISS with SpaceX delayed to spring 2025
By Elizabeth Howell published
Axiom Space's next astronaut mission will be delayed due to the approval process required for International Space Station crews, according to NASA.

Chinese astronauts celebrate Olympics on Tiangong space station (video)
By Andrew Jones published
Astronauts on China's Tiangong space station recently reenacted some of the sports that athletes of the just-completed 2024 Paris Olympics competed in here on Earth.

Astronaut Jon McBride, early NASA space shuttle pilot, dies at 80
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Former NASA astronaut Jon McBride, who was the pilot on the first mission to launch seven people into space, has died at the age of 80. McBride flew on STS-41G, Challenger's sixth flight, in 1984.

Astronaut captures gorgeous green aurora shining behind Russian spacecraft docked at ISS (photo)
By Elizabeth Howell published
NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick has once again delivered an incredible space picture. His latest shows a Russian Soyuz spacecraft poised in front of a green auroral storm.

If we want to settle on other planets, we’ll have to use genome editing to alter human DNA
By Sam McKee published
It sounds like science fiction, but many scientists believe editing the human genome is key to our advancement across the solar system.

No, Boeing Starliner's NASA astronauts are not stranded in space. Here's why.
By Elizabeth Howell published
Boeing Starliner's historic 1st astronaut mission has been extended repeatedly for thruster troubleshooting. But its two astronauts are not stuck on the ISS.

Boeing's Starliner tests thrusters at ISS as NASA reviews options for astronauts' return to Earth
By Elizabeth Howell published
Crew Flight Test and its NASA astronauts have spent more than 50 days in space ISS after helium leaks and thruster issues.

NASA astronauts hold their own Summer Olympics in space (video)
By Mike Wall published
NASA astronauts held their own mini-Olympics on the International Space Station to mark the start of the Summer Games here on Earth.

SpaceX moving Crew Dragon splashdowns to West Coast after multiple space debris incidents
By Elizabeth Howell published
The four astronauts flying aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon are supposed to launch no earlier than Aug. 18 and splash down near Florida. Future crews will go to the west coast due to space junk concerns.
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