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SpaceX launches crew to ISS successfully: ‘Thanks for an amazing ride’

SpaceX launches crew to ISS successfully: ‘Thanks for an amazing ride’

Jessica Watkins, the first Black woman to lead a crew to orbit, is making her second trip to the space station Four astronauts rocketed into orbit on Thursday on a space station mission that will stretch until spring, among them a Canadian whose wife will give birth while he is away. SpaceX launched commander Jessica Watkins and her crew for Nasa after a three-week delay to fix the capsule’s leaking fuel system. Thick clouds threatened all morning to halt the countdown but in the end, the skies cleared enough to allow for a safe liftoff. Continue reading...

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Oct 1, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Engineers teach spacecraft to 'dream' their way to the space station

Engineers teach spacecraft to 'dream' their way to the space station

Docking with the ISS may seem simple. However, actually doing so shows how difficult orbital mechanics can be. It's like traveling down a highway at 28,000 km/hr (17,000 mph) and parallel parking in an open garage on a multibillion-dollar laboratory traveling at the same speed. If you try to accelerate forward, you actually drift up, and there's no air friction to naturally slow you down. Oh, and if you hit the lab, everyone aboard both your craft and the station dies, and the resulting debris field could wipe out dozens of satellites and even harm people on the ground. No pressure, obviously.

Sep 26, 2026 · byPhys.org
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US and Russian crew return safely after eight-month mission on the ISS

A joint U.S.-Russian crew has safely returned to Earth after spending 241 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS), landing by Soyuz spacecraft in Kazakhstan on Sunday. NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev touched down by parachute near Dzhezkazgan following their eight-month mission. The flight marked the first space […]

Jul 26, 2026 · byAviation24.be
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NASA astronaut Anil Menon begins first ISS mission aboard Soyuz along two Russian cosmonauts

NASA astronaut Anil Menon has launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft alongside Russian cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina. The mission lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 14 July and successfully docked with the ISS a few hours later. The trio will spend approximately eight months […]

Jul 14, 2026 · byAviation24.be