Tag: space exploration
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Space Force Association tackles awareness and education gap
Less than 10% of Americans know the Space Force exists. It’s a problem the Colorado Springs-based Space Force Association is tackling by starting chapters across the country to host events and educate school children, lawmakers and others about the youngest military branch and its mission, said Retired Col. Bill Woolf, the association’s CEO. The Space…
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4 new astronauts head to the International Space Station for a 6-month stay
SpaceX has launched four astronauts to the International Space Station who will oversee the arrival of two new rocketships during their stint
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Japan’s new flagship H3 rocket reaches orbit in a key test after failed debut last year
Japan’s flagship H3 rocket has reached orbit and released two small observation satellites in a key second test following a failed debut launch last year, buoying hope for the country in the global space race
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Turkey hails its first astronaut who returned from a 3-week mission to International Space Station
Turkey’s first astronaut has returned home to a hero’s welcome as a symbol of the country’s advances in technology and aerospace
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Astronauts from Turkey, Italy and Sweden return to Earth, ending private space station trip
Astronauts from Turkey, Italy and Sweden are back on Earth, ending a private three-week trip to the International Space Station
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NASA’s Mars helicopter takes flight, 1st for another planet
NASA’s experimental Mars helicopter has taken flight
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Chinese spacecraft carrying lunar rocks lifts off from moon
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese spacecraft lifted off from the moon Thursday night with a load of lunar rocks, the first stage of its return to Earth, the government space agency reported. Chang’e 5, the third Chinese spacecraft to land on the moon and the first to take off from it again, is the latest…