NASA’s Gemini and Mercury missions marked a key moment in both the history of crewed spaceflight and the Cold War ‘race to space‘ between the USA and the Soviet Union. The American astronauts who trained and flew into space as part of these programmes were responsible for the USA’s giant leap to overtake the Soviets’ spacefaring prowess, proving that NASA …
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The Luxembourg NAOS (National Advanced Optical System) satellite sits at the top of a rideshare stack ahead of launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Aug. 26, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update Aug. 26, 4:05 p.m. EDT: SpaceX landed its booster and successfully deployed the payloads. SpaceX launched its 37th Falcon 9 rocket launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base this year, …
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An unpiloted SpaceX Dragon capsule loaded with 2.5 tons of supplies, research material and needed equipment approaches the International Space Station over western Africa. Image: Sen 4K camera An unpiloted SpaceX cargo ship docked at the International Space Station early Monday, delivering more than 5,000 pounds of equipment and supplies including 1,500 tortillas, the crumb-free bread substitute for crews dining …
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin SpaceX’s 33rd Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-33) mission to the International Space Station. Image: SpaceX A Cargo Dragon spacecraft from SpaceX lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket in the early hours Sunday morning to begin a day-long journey to the …
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the launch of SpaceX’s 33rd Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-33) mission. Image: SpaceX NASA and SpaceX are preparing to embark on a unique cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. The Dragon spacecraft set to launch in the predawn hours of …
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Blue Origin plans to launch its 35th New Shepard mission on Saturday (Aug. 23), and you can watch live. The commercial spaceflight company, which was founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, will send its 200th payload above the Kármán line on this uncrewed suborbital flight, which will include experiments and research designed by students, teachers and university teams. The NS-35 flight …
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File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands in launch position at Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Image: SpaceX SpaceX is planning to launch of its latest batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Friday. The Starlink 17-6 mission will add another 24 satellites to the …
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaks away from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to begin the USSF-36 mission with the X-37B spaceplane onboard. More than eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster, tail number 1092, landed with a sonic boom at Landing Zone 2. Image: John Pisani/Spaceflight Now Update Aug. 22, 9:47 a.m. EDT: Added quotes …
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Russia is preparing to loft a “miniature mouse hotel” into space. An inside view of the rodent-holding unit. (Image credit: Roscosmos) The Bion-M No. 2 biosatellite is being readied for its planned Aug. 20 launch atop a Soyuz-2.1b rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Onboard are 75 mice and other specimens to be exposed to 30 days of radiation before …
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Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.co.uk By KATE DENNETT, SENIOR SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER Published: 16:15, 14 August 2025 | Updated: 16:20, 14 August 2025 Lauren Sanchez has shared a cryptic post after the Blue Origin space mission came under widespread fire. The American news anchor, 55, took to her Instagram Stories on Thursday to share a telling post about flights being …
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