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India unveils astronauts for 1st human spaceflight mission in 2025

By Andrew Jones published

India has revealed a shortlist of air force pilots who will fly on the country's first human spaceflight mission, which is targeted for 2025.

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Meet the SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts launching to the ISS on March 2

By Samantha Mathewson published

Four new astronauts are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on March 2 as part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission.

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'It's white-knuckle time:' NASA chief stresses safety for Crew-8 astronaut launch

By Brett Tingley published

In a pre-launch press briefing today (Feb. 28), NASA leadership stressed the fact that no matter how routine commercial launches might seem, safety is always the highest priority for the agency.

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Four men stand with arms crossed, wearing dark blue jumpsuits with red accented shoulder wings. They look serious, except for the smiling man on the right. He is shorter than the rest.

SpaceX's longest-ever astronaut cruise was a smooth ride, Ax-3 crewmembers say

By Elizabeth Howell published

Axiom Space astronaut Michael López-Alegría is the only person to fly twice on a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. He'd love for more people to ride that spacecraft in orbit.

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NASA's Dana Weigel will be the 1st female ISS program manager

By Elizabeth Howell published

NASA's Dana Weigel will helm the International Space Station program for NASA. She will succeed Joel Montalbano, who will take on an associate administrator position in April.

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SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts eager for launch to ISS on March 2: 'Things surprise you, but we're ready'

By Elizabeth Howell published

SpaceX Crew-8 is ready to launch to the International Space Station on March 2. The crew shared how their training is preparing them for space.

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a person wearing a headset inside a very crowded international space station module with experiments covering every surface

Why a VR headset on the ISS 'really makes a difference' for astronaut exercise

By Elizabeth Howell published

Fancy biking the streets of Denmark while off Earth? A new VR headset on the International Space Station lets an astronaut do just that, to expand on mental health studies in orbit.

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two men in front of a screen. one operates a robot that is cutting rubber bands, visible on the screen in front of him. the other stands beside the screen, watching

Astronauts celebrate success of 1st surgery robot on ISS: 'It's a real game-changer'

By Elizabeth Howell published

Space delays during surgery? No sweat. A team of surgeons showed a robot can safely slice through rubber bands in space, in research that could one day help faraway astronauts.

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ISS astronauts show what it's like to capture a spacecraft with a robotic arm (video)

By Elizabeth Howell published

Canadarm2 berthed a Cygnus cargo spacecraft on the International Space Station on Feb. 1. This is what it looked like, in space and from the orbiting complex.

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SpaceX and NASA say Crew-8 astronauts won't launch to ISS until March 1 after private moonshot

By Tariq Malik published

SpaceX and NASA postponed the launch of their joint Crew-8 mission to the ISS to no earlier than March 1 due to the recent IM-1 private moon lander launch.

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