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4 space station fliers return to Earth with Pacific Ocean splashdown

4 space station fliers return to Earth with Pacific Ocean splashdown

Two NASA astronauts, a Japanese flier and a Russian cosmonaut plunged back to Earth on Saturday, safely splashing down in the Pacific Ocean, west of San Diego, to wrap up a five-month mission to space. Strapped into SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endurance, commander Anne McClain, pilot Nichole Ayers, Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi and cosmonaut Kirill Peskov gently splashed down at 11:33 …

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Watch SpaceX’s Crew-10 astronauts return to Earth today after nearly 5 months in space

Watch SpaceX’s Crew-10 astronauts return to Earth today after nearly 5 months in space

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Re-Entry and Splashdown – YouTube Watch On SpaceX’s Crew-10 astronauts will return to Earth today (Aug. 9) after living on the International Space Station for nearly five months, and you can watch the action live. The mission’s Crew Dragon capsule, named Endurance, is scheduled to splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast today at …

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Seeds of the cosmos: How a Pakistani engineer sent wheat into space – Pakistan

Seeds of the cosmos: How a Pakistani engineer sent wheat into space – Pakistan

The test tube carrying the Pakistan-origin wheat seeds was aboard the SpaceX Dragon Capsule, which was launched from Nasa’s Kennedy Space Centre on August 1. Space, as all Trekkies agree, is the final frontier. It is mysterious, magnificent, mighty, and draws in earthlings who have long dreamed of exploring other worlds. In recent years, these dreams have crossed over from …

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Mariah Carey Has Priceless Reaction To Katy Perry Going To Space

Mariah Carey Has Priceless Reaction To Katy Perry Going To Space

Mariah Carey seemingly missed the launch on Katy Perry’s voyage to space. The queen of Christmas got quite the revelation while conducting an interview on BBC Radio’s “Scott Mills Breakfast Show” on Thursday. During the conversation, Mills brought Perry into Carey’s atmosphere and revealed that she had traveled to space — while asking the singer if she herself would “fancy …

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NASA and Japan’s XRISM Just Made an Unexpected Discovery in the Depths of Space

NASA and Japan’s XRISM Just Made an Unexpected Discovery in the Depths of Space

Published in the Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan on June 27, 2025, this international study marks the first direct detection of both solid and gaseous sulfur in the interstellar medium, using data from the Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) satellite. A Unique X-ray View Of Interstellar Sulfur The recent findings from the XRISM spacecraft—launched by JAXA …

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James Webb Space Telescope spots a potential new exoplanet just 4 light-years away from Earth

James Webb Space Telescope spots a potential new exoplanet just 4 light-years away from Earth

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have found strong evidence for a new exoplanet — one orbiting Alpha Centauri A, the nearest sun-like star to Earth. It’s located just four light-years away from us, in the Alpha Centauri triple-star system. Using JWST‘s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), the team imaged Alpha Centauri with a coronagraphic mask to remove the glare …

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