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On This Day in Space: Oct. 14, 1947: Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier

October 14th, 2020 by

On Oct. 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time! See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

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Bill Nye to flat Earthers and science deniers: ‘It affects all of us’

October 14th, 2020 by

“The flat earthers, the anti vaxxers, the anti maskers are not on board with the progress of science. And the thing is, it affects all of us,” Bill Nye said.

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Former NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria to return to orbit on Axiom private mission

October 14th, 2020 by

Michael Lopez-Alegria had no plans to fly into space again. But should all go to plan, about a year from now, he will lead the first fully-private mission to the International Space Station.

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Soyuz crew launches on ‘ultrafast’ two-orbit flight to space station

October 14th, 2020 by

NASA’s Kate Rubins and cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov launched to the International Space Station just ahead of and to extend 20 years of a continuous human presence in orbit.

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Watch live tonight! Astronauts launching to the International Space Station

October 14th, 2020 by

Three Expedition 64 crewmembers will lift off to the International Space Station on a Russian Soyuz rocket on Wednesday (Oct. 14) at 1:45 am EDT (0545 GMT). Watch it live here!

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