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NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara ready for Soyuz launch to relieve delayed crew in space

Submit on Wednesday, September 13th, 2023 00:11

NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara will launch toward the ISS in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft no earlier than Sept. 15. Her crew will relieve another Soyuz crewwho have been waiting six extra months to go home.

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‘The Six’ author Loren Grush: 1st female astronauts set example for picking woman to land on moon

Submit on Wednesday, September 13th, 2023 00:11

Forty-five years after selecting its first six women, NASA has 16 female astronauts who could be the first woman on the moon. For Loren Grush, the best thing is they don’t have ‘the right stuff.’

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New survey outlines what NASA must do over the next 10 years to help astronauts thrive beyond Earth

Submit on Tuesday, September 12th, 2023 23:11

NASA wants astronauts to thrive on the moon, Mars and in deep space. A new survey outlines key challenges to solve over the next decade.

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See Comet Nishimura at its closest point to Earth this week. It won’t visit again for 435 years.

Submit on Tuesday, September 12th, 2023 22:11

The newfound Comet P1 (Nishimura) passes its closest point to Earth on Tuesday (Sept. 12). Here’s how to see it this week before it’s gone for 400 years.

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Astronomers may have discovered the closest black holes to Earth

Submit on Tuesday, September 12th, 2023 21:11

These black holes could have also been ejected from the star cluster they live within.

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OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe heads toward Earth for Sept. 24 sample delivery

Submit on Tuesday, September 12th, 2023 20:11

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe put itself on course toward Earth with a thruster firing on Sept. 10, two weeks before its highly anticipated asteroid-sample delivery.

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Virgin Galactic just launched 2 million-year-old fossils of human ancestors to space on tourist flight

Submit on Tuesday, September 12th, 2023 19:11

In a tribute to humankind’s quest to explore the cosmos, two fossilized bones of ancient humans flew into space for the first time aboard Virgin Galactic’s third commercial spaceflight on Sept. 8.

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1 year after launch failure, Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket remains grounded

Submit on Tuesday, September 12th, 2023 17:11

Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital space tourism vehicle suffered a failure during an uncrewed flight on Sept. 12, 2022. It hasn’t launched since.

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