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Win some SpaceX swag in our latest giveaway!

April 9th, 2021 by

The Space.com community has a special giveaway going on this week, celebrating the ambitions of SpaceX!

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Soyuz MS-18 crew launches to space station 60 years after first human spaceflight

April 9th, 2021 by

Three astronauts embarked for the International Space Station just three days shy of the 60th anniversary of the first human spaceflight. The trio launched on Soyuz MS-18, named the “Yu.A. Gagarin.”

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On This Day in Space! April 9, 1959: NASA introduces the ‘Mercury 7’ astronauts

April 9th, 2021 by

On April 9, 1959, NASA introduced its very first astronaut class. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

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20 years of otherworldly thought experiments: A Q&A with artist Jonathon Keats

April 9th, 2021 by

For 20 years, Jonathon Keats has been asking us to recalibrate our assumptions about the universe and our place in it through a series of thought experiments. A new book dives deep into his work.

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Hubble telescope finds rare double quasars in ancient galactic collisions

April 9th, 2021 by

NASA’s long-serving Hubble Space Telescope is seeing double after detecting two rare pairs of quasars nestled within galactic collisions that occurred 10 billion years ago.

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Director Neil Burger’s ‘Voyagers’ launches a colony ship to the stars

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What happens when hell breaks loose on a multi-generational spaceship?

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Helicopter on Mars! NASA webcast teaches kids about Ingenuity’s upcoming 1st flight

April 9th, 2021 by

NASA’s education team hosted a special webcast for students on Thursday (April 8) to talk about the Mars helicopter Ingenuity and its upcoming first flight on the Red Planet.

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Soyuz MS-18 crew launches to station 60 years after first human spaceflight

April 9th, 2021 by

Three astronauts embarked for the International Space Station just three days shy of the 60th anniversary of the first human spaceflight. The trio launched on Soyuz MS-18, named the “Yu.A. Gagarin.”

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