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July 3, 2025

space

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Boeing to launch astronauts aboard new capsule tonight

May 6, 2024 By Marcia Dunn | The Associated Press

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After years of delays and stumbles, Boeing is finally poised to launch astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA. It’s the first flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule with a crew […]

Article

Astronomers capture 1st image of Milky Way’s huge black hole

May 13, 2022 Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The world got a look Thursday at the first wild but fuzzy image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy, with astronomers calling it a […]

Article

Space telescope’s ‘golden eye’ opens, last major hurdle

January 11, 2022 Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s new space telescope opened its huge, gold-plated, flower-shaped mirror Saturday, the final step in the observatory’s dramatic unfurling. The last portion of the 21-foot mirror swung into place at flight […]

Article

NASA: Space station remains at risk from weapons-test debris

November 23, 2021 Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The International Space Station remains at increased risk from orbiting debris following this week’s Russian weapons test, NASA said Thursday. On Monday, Russia launched a missile to destroy a satellite orbiting […]

Article

SpaceX launches ants, avocados, robot to space station

August 30, 2021 Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A SpaceX shipment of ants, avocados and a human-sized robotic arm rocketed toward the International Space Station on Sunday. The delivery — due to arrive Monday — is the company’s 23rd […]

Opinion

Editorial Cartoon – Blue Origin

July 26, 2021 admin
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Blue Origin brings space tourism to tiny Texas town

July 20, 2021 Sean Murphy, Associated Press

VAN HORN, Texas — For years, the official letterhead for the small town of Van Horn, tucked neatly among the foothills of the Guadalupe Mountains, read simply: “Farming, ranching, mining.” And while there is still […]

Article

FAA: New tool limits disruptions caused by space operations

July 13, 2021 The Associated Press

Federal regulators said Thursday they now can better track rocket launches and space vehicles returning to Earth, which could cut the amount of time that airplanes must be routed around space operations. The Federal Aviation […]

Article

Billionaire Richard Branson reaches space in his own ship

July 12, 2021 Susan Montoya Bryan and Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. — Swashbuckling billionaire Richard Branson hurtled into space aboard his own winged rocket ship Sunday, bringing astro-tourism a step closer to reality and beating out his exceedingly richer rival Jeff Bezos. […]

Article

China set to send first crew to new space station Thursday

June 16, 2021 Sam McNeil, Associated Press

JIUQUAN, China — The three members of the first crew to be sent to China’s space station say they’re eager to get to work making their home for the next three months habitable, setting up […]

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